IMPS
Noun
imps
plural of imp
Verb
imps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imp
Anagrams
• IMSP, IPMs, MIPS, PIMs, PMSI, SIMP, simp, spim
Source: Wiktionary
IMP
Imp, n. Etym: [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp,
prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. be. See 1st In-, Be.]
1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
The tender imp was weaned. Fairfax.
3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny
demon; a contemptible evil worker.
To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie.
4. 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.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped; p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.] Etym: [AS.
impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG.
impfon, impiton, G. impfen. See Imp, n.]
1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
2. (Falconry)
Definition: 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. [Archaic]
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. Shak.
Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. Fuller. Here no
frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. Holmes.
Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that
should whip this age. Cleveland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition