[Fictionary] new word: imp (v.)

[eLLioTT morEton]

Hi, Ranjit,

I know it from that poem ``Easter-wings'':  ``But if I imp my wing on 
thine,// Then shall the fall further the flight in me.''  I looked it up 
once and, if I recall correctly, it means to transplant (!) feathers.  It 
also was somehow connected to German _impfen_ `vaccinate'.  If this isn't 
it, then I don't know it.

Regards,
em


On Sun, 31 Mar 2013, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:

> Yeah, "imp".  Yeah, it's a verb.  If you know the word, tell me soon!
>
> -ranjit
>