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Etymology 1

  1. 1 (context grammar not comparable English) (abbreviation of imperative dot= English); also (term imper. imper English). 2 (context grammar not comparable English) (abbreviation of imperfect dot= English);''Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary'' (1913) uses (term imp.) as an abbreviation for (term imperfect English) in the conjugation sections of its entries. also (term imperf. English), (term impf. English), (term impft English). 3 (context not comparable English) (abbreviation of imperial dot= English); compare (term Imp. Imp English). 4 (context grammar not comparable English) (abbreviation of impersonal dot= English); also (term impers. impers English). 5 (context comparable English) (abbreviation of important dot= English); also (term impt English). 6 (context not comparable English) (abbreviation of imported dot= English); also (term imptd English). 7 (context comparable English) (abbreviation of improved English) n. 1 (context uncountable English) (abbreviation of import English) 2 (context countable plural: imps. English) (abbreviation of importer dot= English); also (term imptr English). 3 (context countable plural: imp. English) (abbreviation of impression English) 4 (context countable plural: impp. English) (abbreviation of imprimatur English) 5 (context countable plural: imp. English) (abbreviation of imprint English) 6 (context countable plural: imps. English) (abbreviation of improvement English) v

  2. (abbreviation of implement English) Etymology 2

    a. (abbreviation of imprimé dot= English) (“printed”). n. (abbreviation of imprimeur dot= English) (“printer”).

Usage examples of "imp.".

Aballister continued, talking more to himself than to the imp. His voice trailed away as he sank within his memories, to the turning point in his life more than two years before, in the Time of Troubles.

Yet you are correct in your observations, friend imp. I do indeed require more details to the events above.

Just silence in my ear, save for the light breathing of my phone imp. I sighed again.

The tiger, known to the Devereux stables simply as the Imp, since he was even smaller than usual for a tiger, was unconventionally dressed--not in black and yellow stripes, but in red and blue ones.

Cass, who had blown him home after the nobbling of the Imp. She was defiantly sounding her horn as the race ended.

While he was speaking, and quite as though she were actually the Imp, Cass moved over to assist him to pull off his boots.