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▪ I. imped, n.|ˈɪmpɛd|
[f. im-2 + L. pēs, ped- foot.]
A footless creature: used by R. Owen to render Aristotle's ἀπούς.
1861Owen in Life (1894) II. 119 Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds.
▪ II. imped, ppl. a.|ɪmpt, ˈɪmpɪd|
[f. imp v. + -ed1.]
Grafted, engrafted, implanted, eked: see imp v.
c1440Promp. Parv. 259/2 Impyd (Pynson or graffed), insertus. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 10 With ymped quilles so prowde a pitch to flie. 1593Drayton Past. Ecl. vii. 98 Cupid..Whose imped wings with spekled plumes be dight. 1621Fletcher Pilgrim i. i, None of your impt bravadoes. |