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–verb (used with object)

1.	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.

22.	newsprint.

23.	a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.

24.	an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.

25.	something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.

26.	a fingerprint.

27.

Textiles.

a.	a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.

b.	a cloth so treated.

c.	an article of apparel made of this cloth.

28.	something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.

29.	Photography. a picture, esp. a positive made from a negative.

30.	any reproduced image, as a blueprint.

31.	Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.

–adjective

32.	of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.

—Verb phrases

33.	print in, Photography. burn (def. 36).

34.	print out, Computers. to make a printout of.

—Idioms

35.

in print,

a.	in printed form; published.

b.	(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 press ¹ < L premere; (v.) ME prenten, deriv. of the n.

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print (prĭnt)

A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure: the print of footsteps in the sand. See Synonyms at impression.
1. A device or implement, such as a stamp, die, or seal, used to press markings onto or into a surface.
2. Something formed or marked by such a device.
3. Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
4. Matter so produced; printed material.
5. Printed state or form.
6. A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
7. Printed matter.
8. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
9. The pattern itself.
1. Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
2. Matter so produced; printed material.
3. Printed state or form.
4. A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
5. Printed matter.
6. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
7. The pattern itself.
1. A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
2. Printed matter.
3. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
4. 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.
1. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
2. The pattern itself.

v. print·ed, print·ing, prints

v. tr.

To press (a mark or design, for example) onto or into a surface.
1. To make an impression on or in (a surface) with a device such as a stamp, seal, or die.
2. To press (a stamp or similar device) onto or into a surface to leave a marking.
3. To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
4. To offer in printed form; publish.
1. To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
2. 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.

1. To work as a printer.
2. 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.]

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Print

Print\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Printed; p. pr. & vb. n. Printing.] [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See Imprint, and Press to squeeze.]

1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

A look will print a thought that never may remove. --Surrey.

Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir John Beaumont.

Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay. --Roscommon.

2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. --Dryden.

3. Specifically: To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.

4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.

5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.

Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.

Print

Print\, v. i. 1. To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

2. To publish a book or an article.

From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth. --Pope.

Print

Print\, n. [See Print, v., Imprint, n.]

1. A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.

Where print of human feet was never seen. --Dryden.

2. A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.

3. That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.

4. Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.

5. That which is produced by printing. Specifically: (a) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. "The prints which we see of antiquities." --Dryden. (b) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical. --Addison. (c) A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth. (d) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.

6. (Founding) A core print. See under Core.

Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper.

In print. (a) In a printed form; issued from the press; published. --Shak. (b) To the letter; with accurateness. "All this I speak in print." --Shak.

Out of print. See under Out.

Print works, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.

Language Translation for : print

Spanish: huella, marca,

German: der Abdruck,

Japanese: 跡

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print

v. To output, even if to a screen. If a hacker says that a program "printed a message", he means this; if he refers to printing a file, he probably means it in the conventional sense of writing to a hardcopy device (compounds like `print job' and `printout', on the other hand, always refer to the latter). This very common term is likely a holdover from the days when printing terminals were the norm, perpetuated by programming language constructs like C's printf(3). See senses 1 and 2 of tty.

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print (n.)

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":

"He always prints, I kno

Print

To execute a trade. The name comes from the printing of the trade on the ticker tape.

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