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imp    (mp) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A mischievous child.
2. A small demon.
3. Obsolete A graft.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
imped , imp·ing , imps

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

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ETYMOLOGY:
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 bheu- in Indo-European roots

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