Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
imprint - 6 dictionary results
On Time For Your Event
 Custom imprinted items 15 years of successful promotions
 www.accentpromotions.net
Imprints
 Find Imprints Online. Free Shipping on 150,000+ Products!
 www.Target.com
Official Site
 Exclusive Promotional Items 3-Part Guarantee - Expert Service!
 www.4imprint.com

im⋅print

  [n. im-print; v. im-print]
Use imprint in a Sentence
–noun
1. a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
2. any impression or impressed effect: He left the imprint of his thought on all succeeding scholars.
3. Bibliography.
a. the name of a book's publisher printed on the title page or elsewhere, usually with the place and date of publication.
b. the statement of such information in a bibliographic description of a printed work.
c. a name, title, or other designation by which all or certain specific books of a publisher are identified.
4. any marketing name used by a company or organization for a product line; brand or label.
5. the printer's name and address as indicated on any printed matter.
–verb (used with object)
6. to impress (a quality, character, distinguishing mark, etc.).
7. to produce (a mark) on something by pressure.
8. to bestow, as a kiss.
9. to fix firmly on the mind, memory, etc.
10. Animal Behavior, Psychology. to acquire or establish by imprinting.
11. to make an imprint upon.
–verb (used without object)
12. to make an impression; have an effect.
Origin:
1325–75; im- 1 + print; r. ME empreynten < MF empreinter, deriv. of empreinte, fem. ptp. of empreindre < L imprimere to impress 1
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To imprint
On Time For Your Event
 Custom imprinted items 15 years of successful promotions
 www.accentpromotions.net
im·print   (ĭm-prĭnt')   
tr.v.   im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints
  1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
  2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
  3. To impart a strong or vivid impression of: "We imprint our own ideas onto acts" (Ellen Goodman).
  4. To fix firmly, as in the mind: He tried to imprint the number on his memory.
  5. To modify (a gene) by chemical means.
n.   (ĭm'prĭnt')
  1. A mark or pattern produced by imprinting. See Synonyms at impression.
  2. A distinguishing influence or effect: Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
  3. A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

[Middle English emprenten, from Old French empreinter, from empreinte, impression, from feminine past participle of empreindre, to print, from Latin imprimere, to impress; see impress1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

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. --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.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : imprint
Spanish: huella, marca, impresión,
German: der Abdruck,
Japanese: 跡
More Translations »

imprint 
c.1374, from O.Fr. empreinter, from empreinte, noun use of fem. pp. of eimpreindre "to impress, imprint," from V.L. *impremere, from L. imprimere "to impress, imprint" (see impress).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

Main Entry: im·print
Pronunciation: im-'print, 'im-"
Function: transitive verb
1 : to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory)
2 : to subject to or induce by imprinting imprinted preference> imprint intransitive senses
: to undergo imprinting —im·print·er /-&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see imprint on Thesaurus | Reference
Imprints
 Find Imprints Online. Free Shipping on 150,000+ Products!
 www.Target.com
Official Site
 Exclusive Promotional Items 3-Part Guarantee - Expert Service!
 www.4imprint.com