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Definition imp

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English ympen, impen, from Old English impian, ?eimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-Germanic *imp?n?, *impit?n? (“to graft”) (> Old High German impf?n, German impfen (“inoculate, vaccinate”)), from Vulgar Latin *imput? (“I graft”) (unrelated to imput? (“I reckon, attribute”)), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émphutos, “planted”). Cognate with Danish ympe, German Impf, Swedish ymp.

The noun is from Middle English ympe, impe, from Old English impa, impe (“an imp, scion, graft, shoot; young tree”), from the verb.

Noun

imp (plural imps)

  1. A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful. [from 16th c.]
  2. A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]
  3. A baby Tasmanian devil.
  4. (obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc. [9th–17th c.]
  5. (obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child. [15th–19th c.]
  6. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.

Verb

imp (third-person singular simple present imps, present participle imping, simple past and past participle imped)

  1. (obsolete) To plant or engraft.
  2. (archaic) To graft, implant; to set or fix.
  3. (falconry) To engraft (feathers) into a bird's wing.
  4. To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.

Results 454 Words with the letters IMP

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7 letter words with the letters IMP 
6 letter words with the letters IMP 
ARMPIT 12
BLIMPS 16
CHIMPS 17
CRIMPS 15
CRIMPY 17
DIMPLE 14
DIMPLY 16
EMPIRE 12
EPIMER 12
GIMPED 15
GUIMPE 15
HEMPIE 14
IMPACT 15
IMPAIR 12
IMPALA 13
IMPALE 13
IMPARK 16
IMPART 12
IMPAWN 16
IMPEDE 13
IMPELS 13
IMPEND 14
IMPHEE 14
IMPING 15
IMPISH 14
IMPONE 13
IMPORT 12
IMPOSE 12
IMPOST 12
IMPROV 16
IMPUGN 16
IMPURE 13
IMPUTE 13
JIMPER 21
JIMPLY 24
LIMPAS 13
LIMPED 14
LIMPER 13
LIMPET 13
LIMPID 14
LIMPLY 16
LIMPSY 15
LIPOMA 13
MAGILP 15
MAGPIE 14
MEGILP 15
MILPAS 13
MISHAP 14
MISPEN 13
MIXUPS 20
MOPIER 12
MOPING 15
MOPISH 14
MYOPIA 14
MYOPIC 17
OPIUMS 13
OPTIMA 12
OPTIME 12
PASSIM 12
PAYNIM 15
PERMIT 12
PILEUM 14
PIMPED 16
PIMPLE 16
PIMPLY 18
PITMAN 13
PITMEN 13
PODIUM 14
POMMIE 15
PORISM 12
PRELIM 13
PREMIE 12
PREMIX 19
PRIMAL 13
PRIMAS 12
PRIMED 13
PRIMER 12
PRIMES 12
PRIMLY 15
PRIMOS 12
PRIMPS 15
PRIMUS 13
PRISMS 12
PUMICE 16
PURISM 13
PYEMIA 14
PYEMIC 17
RIMPLE 13
SCAMPI 15
SCRIMP 15
SHRIMP 14
SIMPER 12
SIMPLE 13
SIMPLY 15
SKIMPS 16
SKIMPY 18
SPIREM 12
UMPING 16
UMPIRE 13
UPTIME 13
WIMPLE 16
5 letter words with the letters IMP 
BLIMP 15
CAMPI 14
CHIMP 16
CRIMP 14
GIMPS 13
GIMPY 15
IMPED 12
IMPEL 12
IMPIS 11
IMPLY 14
JIMPY 22
LIMPA 12
LIMPS 12
MILPA 12
MIXUP 19
OPIUM 12
PIGMY 15
PIMAS 11
PIMPS 14
PRIMA 11
PRIME 11
PRIMI 11
PRIMO 11
PRIMP 14
PRIMS 11
PRISM 11
SIMPS 11
SKIMP 15
TEMPI 11
WIMPS 14
WIMPY 16
4 letter words with the letters IMP 
GIMP 12
IMPI 10
IMPS 10
JIMP 19
LIMP 11
PIMA 10
PIMP 13
PRIM 10
SIMP 10
WIMP 13
3 letter words with the letters IMP 
IMP 9
2 letter words with the letters IMP 
MI 5
PI 5

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