imprint

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Pronunciation 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French empreinte (noun), empreinter (verb), from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• IPA: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
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[edit] Noun

imprint (plural imprints)

1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

   The day left an imprint in my mind.

2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

   The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

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[edit] Pronunciation 2

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/
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[edit] Verb

to imprint (third-person singular simple present imprints, present participle imprinting, simple past and past participle imprinted)

1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

   For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

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