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im·print
(ĭm-prĭnt′)v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints
v.tr.
1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
3. To impart a strong or vivid impression of: "We imprint our own ideas onto acts" (Ellen Goodman).
4. To fix firmly, as in the mind: He tried to imprint the telephone number in his memory.
5. To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.
6. To modify (a gene) chemically, as by DNA methylation, affecting the gene's expression in offspring.
v.intr.
To become imprinted on another animal or on an object identified as the parent. Used of newborn or very young animals. Often used with on: lab animals that imprint on researchers.
n. (ĭm′prĭnt′)
1. A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.
2. A distinguishing influence or effect: Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
3. A chemical modification of a gene affecting the gene's expression in offspring.
4.
a. A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.
b. A publishing business with a unique name, usually owned by a larger publishing firm: started a paperback imprint for young-adult novels.
[Middle English emprenten, from Old French empreinter, from empreinte, impression, from feminine past participle of empreindre, to print, from Latin imprimere, to impress; see impress1.]
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imprint
n
1. a mark or impression produced by pressure, printing, or stamping
2. a characteristic mark or indication; stamp: the imprint of great sadness on his face.
3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the publisher's name and address, usually with the date of publication, in a book, pamphlet, etc
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the printer's name and address on any printed matter
vb
5. to produce (a mark, impression, etc) on (a surface) by pressure, printing, or stamping: to imprint a seal on wax; to imprint wax with a seal.
6. to establish firmly; impress; stamp: to imprint the details on one's mind.
7. (Zoology) (of young animals) to undergo the process of imprinting
imˈprinter n
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im•print
(n. ˈɪm prɪnt; v. ɪmˈprɪnt)n.
1. a mark or indentation impressed on something.
2. any impression or impressed effect.
3.
v.t. a. the designation under which a publisher issues a given list of titles.
b. a designation by which the books of a publisher are identified.
4. to mark by or as if by pressure.
5. to produce (a mark) on something by pressure.
6. to fix firmly on the mind.
7. to acquire or establish by imprinting: to imprint behavior.
v.i. 8. to experience imprinting.
[1325–75; Middle English empreynten < Middle French empreindre < Latin imprimere to impress1]
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imprint
Brief note in the margin of a map giving all or some of the following: date of publication, printing, name of publisher, printer, place of publication, number of copies printed, and related information.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
imprint
Past participle: imprinted
Gerund: imprinting
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| Noun | 1. | imprint - a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion" influence - a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" |
| 2. | imprint - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" | |
| 3. | imprint - 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" identification - evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | |
| 4. | imprint - an impression produced by pressure or printing stamp, impression - a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" | |
| 5. | imprint - a device produced by pressure on a surface device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" impression - (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" | |
| Verb | 1. | imprint - establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" |
| 2. | imprint - mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" |
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imprint
noun
1. impact, effect, impression His courage left an imprint on his nation's history.
2. mark, print, impression, stamp, indentation the imprint of his little finger
verb
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imprint
verbnounThe visible effect made on a surface by pressure:
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Translations
أثَـريَطْبَعُ في الذِّهْن، يَترُك أثرا
otiskvštípitvtisknout
aftrykprægeprentespor
jälkipainaapainauma
belenyomimpresszumlenyomatnyom
greypa, festa ; òrÿsta; stimplamerki, far, spor
atspaudasįsmigti
atstāt pēdasiespiestiesnospiedumspēdas
imprint
A. [ɪmˈprɪnt] VT
3. (Bio, Psych) → imprimir (on a)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
imprint
[ˈɪmprɪnt] n
[foot, shoe] → empreinte f
[ɪmˈprɪnt] vt (= mark) to imprint sth on sth → imprimer qch sur qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
imprint
vt
(= mark) leather → prägen; paper → bedrucken; seal etc → aufprägen (→ on auf +acc); (on paper) → aufdrucken (→ on auf +acc)
(fig) → einprägen (on sb jdm); to be imprinted on somebody’s mind → sich jdm eingeprägt haben; to be imprinted on somebody’s memory → sich in jds Gedächtnis (acc) → eingeprägt haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
imprint
(ˈimprint) noun a mark made by pressure. She saw the imprint of a foot in the sand.
(imˈprint) verb to make (a mark) on something by pressure; to fix permanently (in the mind or memory).
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