imprint

[im·print]

To imprint is to mark or stamp something, like with the name of a publisher. It also can refer to any kind of impression or influence.

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To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

Noun
a device produced by pressure on a surface

Noun
a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"

Noun
an impression produced by pressure or printing

Noun
an identification of a publisher; a publisher''s name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page; "the book was publsihed under a distinguished imprint"

Noun
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

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Verb
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

Verb
establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"


v. t.
To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

v. t.
To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).

v. t.
To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.

v. t.
Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.


Imprint

Im*print" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.] 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).
Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.
Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.

Imprint

Im"print , n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t.] Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet. "That imprint of their hands." Buckle.

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Usage Examples

But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.

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Other Usage Examples

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

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