English Dictionary

imp

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmp/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 古語 比喩的用法 広義 第3義由来

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（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.

意味（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.

意味（4）

(figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.

With thee / Let me combine, / And feel this day thy victorie: / For, if I imp my wing on thine, / Affliction ſhall advance the flight in me.

意味（5）

To add to or unite a object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.

imps （ present singular third-person ）

imping （ participle present ）

imped （ participle past ）

imped （ past ）