Standard Lemma guide

imped

adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭmpt
  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭmʹpĭd
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmpt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪmpt
  • rhymes with -ɪmpɪd
  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭmʹpĕd
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɛd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪmpɛd
  • /ɪmpt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a creature without feet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of imp

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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History

Etymology

From imp + -ed.

Coined on Latinate roots (im- + -ped) by Richard Owen in 1861 as a calque of Aristotle’s Ancient Greek ἀπούς (apoús).