| Imp (imp) |
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| n. | (***ibreve]mp) |
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| Imp |
| [OE. imp a
graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,
prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. (?) engrafted, innate, fr. (?) to
implant; (?) in + (?) to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st
In-, |
A shoot; a scion; a
bud; a slip; a graft.
An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
A young or inferior devil; a little,
malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
Something added to, or united with,
another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a
beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of
twisted hair in a fishing line.
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To graft; to insert as
a scion.
To graft with new
feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To
repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip.
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