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<hw>Imp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>imp</ets> a graft, AS. <ets>impa</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>ympe</ets>, Sw. <ets>ymp</ets>, prob. fr. LL. <ets>impotus</ets>, Gr. <?/ engrafted, innate, fr. <?/ to implant; <?/ in + <?/ to produce; akin to E. <ets>be</ets>. See 1st <er>In-</er>, <er>Be</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An offspring; progeny; child; scion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The tender <b>imp</b> was weaned. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.</def>

<blockquote>To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling <b>imps</b>. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Imp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Imping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>impian</ets> to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. <ets>ympe</ets>, Sw. <ets>ympa</ets>, OHG. <ets>impf\'d3n</ets>, <ets>impit\'d3n</ets>, G. <ets>impfen</ets>. See <er>Imp</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To graft; to insert as a scion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Imp</b> out our drooping country's broken wing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall <b>imp</b> her crippled wing. <i>Holmes.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Help, ye tart satirists, to <b>imp</b> my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. <i>Cleveland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impacable</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pa"ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>pacare</ets> to quiet. See <er>Pacate</er>.]</ety> <def>Not to be appeased or quieted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Spenser</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Im*pa"ca*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Im*pack"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pack</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Impact</h1> <Xpage=733>

<hw>Im*pact"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impacted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impacting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>impactus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>impingere</ets> to push, strike against. See <er>Impinge</er>.]</ety> <def>To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>

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<hw>Im"pact</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.</def>

<blockquote>The quarrel, by that <b>impact</b> driven. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.</def>

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