Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.]
1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.]
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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