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]

  • IPA: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

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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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/
  • (file)

Verb [edit]

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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