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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imp \Imp\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Imped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imping}.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impf[=o]n, impit[=o]n, G. impfen. See {Imp}, noun]
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.
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