to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
2.
to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
3.
to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.
4.
to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5.
to write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.
6.
Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
7.
to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
8.
to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
9.
to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
10.
to fingerprint.
11.
to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
12.
Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
–verb (used without object)
13.
to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
14.
to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.
15.
to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.
16.
to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.
17.
to follow the vocation of a printer.
–noun
18.
the state of being printed.
19.
printed lettering, esp. with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.
20.
printed material.
21.
a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
36.
out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
[Origin: 1250–1300; (n.) ME prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < OF priente impression, print, n. use of fem. ptp. of preindre to press1 < L premere; (v.) ME prenten, deriv. of the n.]
A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure: the print of footsteps in the sand. See Synonyms at impression.
A device or implement, such as a stamp, die, or seal, used to press markings onto or into a surface.
Something formed or marked by such a device.
Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
Matter so produced; printed material.
Printed state or form.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
Matter so produced; printed material.
Printed state or form.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Printed matter.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
A design or picture transferred from an engraved plate, wood block, lithographic stone, or other medium.
A photographic image transferred to paper or a similar surface, usually from a negative.
A copy of a film or movie made from a negative.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
The pattern itself.
v.
print·ed, print·ing, prints
v.
tr.
To press (a mark or design, for example) onto or into a surface.
To make an impression on or in (a surface) with a device such as a stamp, seal, or die.
To press (a stamp or similar device) onto or into a surface to leave a marking.
To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
To offer in printed form; publish.
To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
To offer in printed form; publish.
To write (something) in characters similar to those commonly used in print.
To impress firmly in the mind or memory.
To produce a photographic image from (a negative, for example) by passing light through film onto a photosensitive surface, especially sensitized paper.
v.
intr.
To work as a printer.
To produce printed material.
To produce something in printed form by means of a printing press or other reproduction process.
To write characters similar to those commonly used in print.
To produce or receive an impression, marking, or image.
adj.
Of, relating to, writing for, or constituting printed publications: a print journalist; print coverage.
[Middle English preinte, from Old French, from feminine past participle of preindre, to press, alteration of prembre, from Latin premere; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.]
c.1300, "impression, mark," from O.Fr. preinte "impression," prop. fem. pp. of preindre "to press," from L. premere (see press (v.1)). Sense of "picture or design from a block or plate" is first attested 1662. Meaning "piece of printed cloth" is from 1756. Out of print "no longer to be had from the publisher" is from 1674. The verb is attested from c.1340, "to impress with a seal, stamp, or die;" Meaning "to set a mark on any surface (including by writing)" is attested from c.1400. Meaning "to run off on a press" is recorded from 1511 (Caxton, 1474, used enprynte in this sense). In reference to textiles, 1588. The verb in the photography sense is recorded from 1851 (the noun from 1853). Meaning "to write in imitation of typography" is first attested 1837 in "Pickwick Papers":
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. --Prior. 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." --Cowper. 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. --Locke.
Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38. 2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something. From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton. And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11. 3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes. 4. To embrace closely; to hug. Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope. 5. To oppress; to bear hard upon. Press not a falling man too far. --Shak. 6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger. 7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5. 8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience. He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden. Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison. 9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14. Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force. Pressed brick. See under Brick.
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