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imprint definition

im·print (im print; for n. imprint′)

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
    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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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