[ɪmˈpɪn(d)ʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have an effect, especially a negative one
(e.g: several factors impinge on market efficiency)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin impingere ‘drive something in or at’, from in- ‘into’ + pangere ‘fix, drive’. The word originally meant ‘thrust at forcibly’, then ‘come into forcible contact’; hence ‘encroach’ (mid 18th century)