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imp v (transitive)

(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.). (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in. (falconry) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail. (by extension) (figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar. To add to or unite a object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen. imp n (chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). (by extension) (often humorous) A mischievous child. A baby Tasmanian devil. (obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft. An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man. (British, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).

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