Impound
Pronunciation : Im*pound" (
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913