imp

Meanings

Verb

  • To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
  • To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
  • 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.

Noun

Origin

  • + φῠ́ω (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-)) + -τος.
  • From Middle English impe, ympe, from Old English impa, impe, from impian, ġeimpian (see etymology 1).

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