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Meaning
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.
●
In Falconry & Veterinary medicine:
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
.
●
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.
Noun
●
In Fiction & 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).
●
A
mischievous
child.
●
A
baby
Tasmanian devil.
●
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.
●
In British English:
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).
●
In Biochemistry:
Initialism of
inosine
monophosphate.
●
In Proteins:
Initialism of
integral
membrane
protein.
●
In Canadian English & Military:
Initialism of individual
meal
package.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
imp
English
impa
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
impian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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