'Imprint' definitions:

Definition of 'imprint'

From: WordNet
noun
A distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"
noun
A concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: depression, impression, imprint]
noun
An identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page; "the book was published under a distinguished imprint"
noun
An impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: imprint, embossment]
noun
A device produced by pressure on a surface
verb
Establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" [syn: imprint, form]
verb
Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]

Definition of 'Imprint'

From: GCIDE
  • Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.]
  • 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. [1913 Webster]
  • And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something). [1913 Webster]
  • Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. [1913 Webster]
  • Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. --Locke.
  • 4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting. [PJC]

Definition of 'Imprint'

From: GCIDE
  • Imprint \Im"print\, n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t.] Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. "That imprint of their hands." --Buckle. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'imprint'

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Words containing 'Imprint'