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 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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 Imp·ing n.
 1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]
 2. Falconry The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
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