Definition/Meaning of imp

• English - Noun: imp ( plural imps ) ( obsolete ) A young shoot of a plant , tree etc . [9th–17th c .] Sir Orfeo , 69: Þai sett hem doun al þre / Vnder a fair ympe-tre. ( obsolete ) A scion , offspring; a child . [15th–19th c .] 1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene I .3: And thou most dreaded impe of highest Ioue , / Faire Venus sonne , [...] come to mine ayde [...]. Fairfax The tender imp was weaned . A…
• English - Verb: imp ( third-person singular simple present imps , present participle imping , simple past and past participle imped ) ( obsolete ) To plant or engraft . ( archaic ) To graft , implant; to set or fix . 1596 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , IV .9: That headlesse tyrants tronke he reard from ground , / And , having ympt the head to it agayne , / Upon his usuall beast it firmely bound , / And…
• English - Etymology: The verb is from Old English impian ( “ to graft ” ), from Proto-Germanic *impōną , *impitōną ( “ to graft ” ) (> Old High German impfōn , German impfen ( “ inoculate , vaccinate ” )), from Vulgar Latin *imputō ( “ I graft ” ) (unrelated to imputō ( “ I reckon , attribute ” )), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος ( émphutos , “ planted ” ). Cognate with Danish ympe , German Impf , Swedish ymp . The noun…
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK , US ) IPA (key) : /ɪmp/ Rhymes: -ɪmp
• English - Anagrams: MIP PIM PMI