impanel

UK: /ɪmˈpæn^əl/ US: /ɪmˈpænəl/ ,(im pan′l)

Inflections of 'impanel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.

impanels

v 3rd person singular

impanelling

v pres p (Mainly UK)

impaneling

v pres p (US)

impanelled

v past (Mainly UK)

impaneled

v past (US)

impanelled

v past p (Mainly UK)

impaneled

v past p (US)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•pan•el /ɪmˈpænəl/  also empanel, v. [~ + object] , -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. 

1. Law to enter on a panel for jury duty:
   She was impaneled on her first day of jury duty.
2. Law to select (a jury) from a panel:
   The jury was impaneled and the trial began.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•pan•el  (im pan′l), v.t., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. 

1. Law to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
2. Law to select (a jury) from the panel.
3. Law to enter names on a panel or other official list.

Also, empanel. 

• Anglo-French empaneller. See em-¹, panel
• late Middle English empanellen 1375–1425

im•pan′el•ment, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

impanel / ɪmˈpæn^əl/ verb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( -els, -eling, -eled)

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of empanel

imˈpanelment noun

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

em•pan•el  (em pan′l), v.t., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. 

1. Law impanel.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

empanel, impanel / ɪmˈpæn^əl/ verb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( -els, -eling, -eled)(transitive)

1. to enter on a list (names of persons to be summoned for jury service)
2. to select (a jury) from the names on such a list

emˈpanelment, imˈpanelment noun