imprint

Imprint is defined as to press something to another and leave a mark.

(verb)

An example of imprint is stamping your initials on a letter.

The definition of an imprint is a mark left by something that's been pressed into or stamped onto it, or the lasting effect or result of something.

(noun)

An example of an imprint is someone becoming an overeater after having been starved.

See imprint in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

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

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

noun

a mark made by imprinting
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

See imprint in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints

To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
To impart a strong or vivid impression of: “We imprint our own ideas onto acts” (Ellen Goodman).
To fix firmly, as in the mind: He tried to imprint the number on his memory.
To modify (a gene) by chemical means.

noun (ĭmˈprĭntˌ)

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting. See Synonyms at impression.
A distinguishing influence or effect: Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English emprenten

Origin: , from Old French empreinter

Origin: , from empreinte, impression

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine past participle of empreindre, to print

Origin: , from Latin imprimere, to impress; see impress¹

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