imprint
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
imprint (plural imprints)
- An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
- The day left an imprint in my mind.
- The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
- A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
- The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
Translations [edit]
an impression; the mark left behind by printing something
the name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc
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a distinctive marking, symbol or logo
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere
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Verb [edit]
imprint (third-person singular simple present imprints, present participle imprinting, simple past and past participle imprinted)
- To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
- For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
- To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
- To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Translations [edit]
to leave a print, impression, image, etc.
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