Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imprinting"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

imprinting
n : a learning process in early life whereby species specific
patterns of behavior are established


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