imp

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪmp/

Verb

obsolete transitive archaic figuratively broadly from sense 3

(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.

Japanese Meaning

苗木やその部分を植え付ける、定植すること。 / 比喩的表現として、植物以外のものを接ぎ木する、あるいは固定・定着させること。

What is this buttons?

In the old orchard, the gardener would imp young scions onto sturdy rootstocks to preserve the rare apple's lineage.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い果樹園で、庭師は珍しいリンゴの系統を守るために若い穂木を丈夫な台木に接ぎ木していた。

Details

Sense（1）

(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).

Sense（2）

(figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.

That headleſſe tyrants tronke he reard from ground, / And, having ympt the head to it agayne, / Vpon his vſuall beaſt it firmely bound, / And made it ſo to ride, as it aliue was found.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（3）

(falconry, veterinary medicine) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.

I have known feathers so imped that the eye could not discern the place of juncture, and it was difficult even to discover it by passing the thumb-nail down the shaft of the imped feather.

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