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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. --Prior. 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). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see That has a heart and life in it ``Be free.'' --Cowper. 3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: imprint n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion" 2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: {depression}, {impression}] 3: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: {embossment}] 4: a device produced by pressure on a surface v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" [syn: {form}] 2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}]
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