transitive verb

1. to mark by or as by pressing or stamping; impress to imprint a paper with a seal
2. to make (a mark or impression) by pressing
3. to press or apply to imprint a kiss on the forehead
4. to implant firmly in the mind or fix in the memory: with on a sight imprinted forever on her memory

Etymology: ME emprenten < OFr empreinter < empreinte, an imprint < pp. of empreindre < L imprimere < in-, on + premere, to press

noun

1. a mark made by imprinting
2. a lasting effect or characteristic result the imprint of starvation
3. 1. a note on a book's title page or its reverse or at the end of the book, giving the publisher's or printer's name, time and place of publication, etc.
   2. the name of a publishing company