Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imprint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
imprint
n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
of the Norman invasion"
2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: {depression},
{impression}]
3: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: {embossment}]
4: a device produced by pressure on a surface
v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
ideas onto our children" [syn: {form}]
2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}]
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