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

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