| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | im·print |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-prnt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: 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. | | NOUN: | (mprnt )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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | 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.
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