Middle English Dictionary Entry
impen v.
Entry Info
Forms | impen v. P.ppl. i)imped, iimpet, iimpeð. |
Etymology | OE impian & geimpian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To plant (a vine); fig. bury (sb.); (b) to graft (a scion on a tree or branch); graft a scion on (a tree); ~ on, make a graft on (a tree); (c) fig. to put (knowledge into someone's mind); graft (vice or hypocrisy on sb.); (d) to insert (sth. in a poem); ~ in, inscribe (names on a statue), insert (sth. in a poem or narrative); also, interpolate (a book); (e) to add (new documents or proceedings to a lawsuit); (f) to set (sth. in a setting of ivory); (g) to mend (a falcon's feather) by sewing or splicing a new feather on the broken stump.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)183/1 : Ȝef we beoð iimpet [Nero: iimped; Cai: iimpeð; L complantati] to þe ilicnesse of godes deað, we schulen of his ariste.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.142 : Then kest adoun thi scions here & there, And ympe in oon in euery stikis place.
b
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)224 : Homme en verger creker ente, M. in the ȝerde bolastre ymputh.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)9.147 : Impe on an ellerne, and if þine apple be swete, Mochel merueile me þynketh.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)259 : Impyd: Insertus. Impyn or graffyn: Insero.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)195 : To Impe, vbi to grafte.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.2.56b-57a : First wil I telle the of this appil tree..and I schal telle the from whenes it come and how it was imped..upon his braunche was imped a graffe þat was take from a free appiltre and a fructuows.
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)9 : Insertus: ympyd in to.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.181 : What kynd of ympe in gardein or in frith Ymped is, in stocke fro whence it came It sauourith euer.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.138 : On limitoures and listres lesynges I ymped, Tyl þei bere leues of low speche lordes to plese.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.164 : The trewe knowynge schulde haue gon to wrak..Ne hadde oure elderis cerched out..The sothefast pyth, to ympe it in oure thouȝt.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5137 : Thus taught and preched hath Resoun, But Love spilte hir sermoun, That was so ymped in my thought.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)305 : Þei wolde worchypen hem nouȝt but a litel, Þe image of ypocricie ymped vpon fendes.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.366 : Many riche flour Of eloquence to make it sownde bet He in the story hath ymped in and set.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2872 : Myn auctor..Here Impeth in a litel incident.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2934 : I mote spende a fewe lines blake Þe laste chapitle..to translate..and ympen in þe date.
- a1425 This blessyd boke (LdMisc 286)50 : Copyed has this Sauter ben of yuel men of lollardry, And afturward hit has bene sene ympyd in with eresy.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5649 : A charbocle..brynt in bely-blind niȝt as briȝt as þe son, With Imagis vndire in ilka nend, & Impid in þe names Of all þe prouynces & þe places þat he was prince ouire.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)19779 : In thys book I wyl hym sette, And ympen thys Oryson Affter hys translacion.
e
- (a1419) Let.Whitchurch in MLR 2274 : But Leecroft þe bastardys sone..persewyd after writtys of entre at Westmynster, makyng no mencioun þat tyme in his persut aȝeynes þe seyde Jon Hullemore what þat ever þey haue addyd or ympyd in sethe hyderward.
f
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)616 : A brem brasen borde bringes hee soone, Imped in ivory.
g
- (1477) Paston (Gairdner)5.281 : Like as the fawcon..tellith scorn to loke a down On hym that wont was her feders to pyke and ympe.