Imprint
WordNet

noun


(1)   A device produced by pressure on a surface
(2)   A distinctive influence
"English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"
(3)   An impression produced by pressure or printing
(4)   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"
(5)   A concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

verb


(6)   Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
(7)   Establish or impress firmly in the mind
"We imprint our ideas onto our children"
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Etymology


From Old French empreinte (noun), empreinter (verb), from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

Noun



  1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
    The day left an imprint in my mind.
  2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
  3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
    The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

Verb



  1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
    For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
  2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
  3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
 
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