'Imptrinted' definitions:

Definition of 'Imptrinted'

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]