Imprint
[ɪm'prɪnt] or ['ɪmprɪnt]
Definition
(noun.) a device produced by pressure on a surface.
(noun.) a distinctive influence; 'English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion'.
(noun.) an impression produced by pressure or printing.
(noun.) an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page; 'the book was published under a distinguished imprint'.
(verb.) establish or impress firmly in the mind; 'We imprint our ideas onto our children'.
Checked by Eugene--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
(v. t.) 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).
(v. t.) To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Print, stamp, mark by pressure.[2]. Impress, inculcate, fix deeply.
Typed by Jerry
Definition
v.t. to print: to stamp: to impress: to fix in the mind.—n. Im′print that which is imprinted: the name of the publisher time and place of publication of a book &c. printed on the title-page: also the printer's name on the back of the title-page and at the end of the book.
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Examples
- His was a great systematizing intellect, which has left its imprint on nearly every department of knowledge. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At the time Edison was born, in 1847, telegraphy, upon which he was to leave so indelible an imprint, had barely struggled into acceptance by the public. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the grass at the entrance to her bower she saw the imprint of his body where he had lain all night to guard her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Callahan removed the two dials, and, substituting type wheels, turned the movements face to face, so that each type wheel could imprint its characters upon a paper tape in two lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- May I imprint a--a one--upon it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The sharpness must be gone--the point, the poignancy--the deep imprint must be softened away and effaced? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Later I went to work--imprinted the stamp on clay bottles, before they were baked. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The long duration of his malady has probably erased from his mind all vestige of her; and it were well that it should never again be imprinted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She sank into Mr. Bumble's arms; and that gentleman in his agitation, imprinted a passionate kiss upon her chaste nose. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The flowers were trampled down, and the soft soil was imprinted all over with footmarks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Cruel charmer,' and Mr. Jingle skipped playfully up to the spinster aunt, imprinted a chaste kiss upon her lips, and danced out of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now, as I have already mentioned to your ladyship, Miss Summerson's image is imprinted on my 'eart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Till then God bless you, and she imprinted a most fervent and most affectionate kiss on my cheek. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And there, on the margin of the page, were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Are these imprints similar to mine or Monsieur Tarzan's or can you say that they are identical with either? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But if imprints have been taken of the thumb and four fingers of both hands one must needs lose all entirely to escape identification. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There were two sets of imprints pointing in opposite directions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I have found a new way of imprinting them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the young man caught her to his bosom; and imprinting one kiss on her beautiful forehead, hurried from the room. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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