Thesaurus: imp

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1. n. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
2. n. An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
3. n. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
4. n. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
5. n. To graft; to insert as a scion.
6. n. To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip.
7. n. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
8. n. one who is playfully mischievous
9. 1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.] The tender imp was weaned. Fairfax. 3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie. 4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] Rom. of R. 2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip. [Archaic] Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. Shak. Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. Cleveland.
10. To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a brokenfeather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; tostrengthen to equip. [Archaic]Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. Shak.Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here nofrail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes.Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions thatshould whip this age. Cleveland.
11. n:100 n. one who is playfully mischievous