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imping | imped |

As a verb imping

is .

As a noun imped is

a creature without feet.

As an adjective imped is

engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.

imping

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of grafting or mending.

    • imped

    English

    Etymology 1

    Coined on Latinate roots (.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A creature without feet.
  • * 1861 : in:
  • * 1894 : The Reverend Richard Owen (’s grandson), The Life of Richard Owen , volume 2, page 119
    • Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds .
    References
    * “ imped, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.
    • References
    * “ imped, ppl. a.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 English calques