noun an offspring; progeny; child; scion.
2. imp ·noun a shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
3. imp ·noun to graft; to insert as a scion.
4. imp ·noun a young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
5. imp ·noun 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.
6. imp ·noun 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.