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imp1 definition

imp (imp)

noun

  1. Obsolete
    1. a shoot or graft
    2. a child; offspring
  2. a devil's offspring; young demon
  3. a mischievous child

Etymology: ME impe < OE impa < impian, to graft in, akin to OHG impfōn < VL *imputare (< im-, in + putare, to prune), transl. of Gr emphyteyein, to engraft < emphyta, scion < em-, in + phyton, growth: see -phyte

transitive verb

  1. to implant, esp. by grafting
  2. to repair (the wing or tail of a falcon) by grafting on (feathers)
  3. to furnish with wings
  4. to help out by adding to, increasing, etc.

Etymology: ME impen < OE impian

imp2 definition

imp

  1. imperative
  2. imperfect
  3. imperial
  4. impersonal
  5. import
  6. importer
  7. imprimatur

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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