The act or process of grafting or mending. / A practice used on birds to fix important broken feathers.

present participle of imp

(uncountable) Abbreviation of import. / (countable, plural: imps.) Abbreviation of importer; also imptr. / (countable, plural: imp.) Abbreviation of impression.

Printed.

Abbreviation of implement.

Printer.

(grammar, not comparable) Abbreviation of imperative; also imper. / (grammar, not comparable) Abbreviation of imperfect; also imperf., impf., impft.

(chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).

(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.). / (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.

plural of imp