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imptrinted

 

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  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.