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noun

The definition of an imp is a young demon or a child who misbehaves.
1. An example of an imp is a very small mythical creature that plays tricks on people.
2. An example of an imp is a five year old child who hides from their mother in a grocery store.

verb

Imp is defined as to implant, or add wings or feathers.
An example of imp is attaching feathers to the broken wing of a falcon.

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imp

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

Origin of imp

Middle English impe from Old English impa from impian, to graft in, akin to Old High German impf?n from Vulgar Latin an unverified form imputare ( from im-, in + putare, to prune), translated, translation of Classical Greek emphyteyein, to engraft from emphyta, scion from em-, in + phyton, growth: see -phyte

Falconry to repair (the wing or tail of a falcon) by grafting on (feathers)

Origin of imp

ME impen < OE impian

imperative
imperfect
imperial
impersonal
import
importer
imprimatur

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imp

noun

A mischievous child.
A small demon.
Obsolete A graft.

transitive verb

imped, imp·ing, imps

To graft (new feathers) onto the wing of a trained falcon or hawk to repair damage or increase flying capacity.
To furnish with wings.

Origin of imp

Middle English impe scion, sprig, offspring from Old English impa young shoot from impian to graft ultimately from Medieval Latin impotus graft from Greek emphutos grafted from emphuein to implant en- in ; see en- ². phuein to make grow ; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.

imp.

abbreviation

imperative
imperfect
imperial
a. import
b. imported
c. importer
imprimatur

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Noun

(law) Abbreviation of import.
(law) Abbreviation of importer.
(law) Abbreviation of importation.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

See also: imp

Noun

(plural imps)

Fairfax
The tender imp was weaned.
A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful. [from 16th c.]
A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

Related terms

impish

Origin

From Middle English impe, ympe, from Old English impa, impe (“an imp, scion, graft, shoot; young tree”), from Old English impian (“to imp, graft”), from Proto-Germanic *impōną, *impitōną (“to graft”) (> Old High German impfōn). Cognate with Danish ympe, German Impf, Swedish ymp.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present imps, present participle imping, simple past and past participle imped)

(archaic) To graft, implant; to set or fix.
(falconry) To engraft feathers into a bird's wing.
"For, if I imp my wing on Thine" – Herbert (1633)
To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.

Origin

Old English impian, apparently ultimately from a Latin source. Cognate with German impfen.

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imp - Computer Definition

See IMPP and SIMPLE.

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(Interface Message Processor) The first router used in the ARPAnet. It was a Honeywell 516 minicomputer with special interfaces and software written by BBN.

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imp - Medical Definition

v.

To graft new feathers onto the wing of a trained falcon or hawk to repair damage or increase flying capacity.

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