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IMP (O. Eng. impa, a graft, shoot; the verb impian is cognate with Ger. impfen, to graft, inoculate, and the Fr. enter; the ultimate origin is probably the Gr. '4uety, to implant, cf. Et.A4Uros, engrafted) , originally a slip or shoot of a plant or tree used for grafting. This use is seen in Chaucer (Prologue to the Monk's Tale, 68) " Of fieble trees ther comen wrecched ympes." The verb " to imp " in the sense of " to graft " was especially used of the grafting of feathers on to the wing of a falcon or hawk to replace broken or damaged plumage, and is frequently used metaphorically. Like " scion," " imp " was till the 17th century used of a member of a family, especially of high rank, hence often used as equivalent to " child." The New English
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