Definition of imp

• n. - A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
• n. - An offspring; progeny; child; scion.
• n. - A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
• n. - 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.
• n. - To graft; to insert as a scion.
• n. - 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.