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 Definitions of imprint  [ɪmˈpraɪ mɪs, -ˈpri-]  

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Definition of 'imprint' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) imprint
a mark or indentation impressed on something.

2.  imprint
any impression or impressed effect.

3.  imprint
the designation under which a publisher issues a given list of titles.

4.  imprint
a designation by which the books of a publisher are identified.

5. (v.t.) imprint
to mark by or as if by pressure.

6.  imprint
to produce (a mark) on something by pressure.

7.  imprint
to fix firmly on the mind.

8.  imprint
to acquire or establish by imprinting:
to imprint behavior.

9. (v.i.) imprint
to experience imprinting.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME empreynten < MF empreindre < L imprimere to impress1)

Definition of 'imprint' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) imprint
a distinctive influence
"English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion"

2. (noun) depression, impression, imprint
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

3. (noun) imprint
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"

4. (noun) imprint, embossment
an impression produced by pressure or printing

5. (verb) imprint
a device produced by pressure on a surface

6. (verb) imprint, form
establish or impress firmly in the mind
"We imprint our ideas onto our children"

7. (verb) impress, imprint
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"


Definition of 'imprint' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) imprint
to impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp

2. (verb) imprint
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)

3. (verb) imprint
to fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress

4. (verb) imprint
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


Definition of 'imprint' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  imprint
Brief note in the margin of a map giving all or some of the following: date of publication, printing, name of publisher, printer, place of publication, number of copies printed, and related information.


Translation of 'imprint' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a mark made by pressure
She saw the imprint of a foot in the sand.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afdruk Arabic flag Arabic: أثَـر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отпечатък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: marca Czech flag Czech: otisk German flag German: der Abdruck
Danish flag Danish: aftryk; spor Greek flag Greek: αποτύπωμα Spanish flag Spanish: huella, marca, impresión
Estonian flag Estonian: jälg Farsi flag Farsi: اثر Finnish flag Finnish: jälki
French flag French: empreinte Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִימָן מוּטְבַּע Hindi flag Hindi: छाप
Croatian flag Croatian: otisak Hungarian flag Hungarian: lenyomat, nyom Indonesian flag Indonesian: jejak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: merki, far, spor Italian flag Italian: impronta Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 각인(刻印)하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atspaudas,įspaudas Latvian flag Latvian: nospiedums; (pārdzīvojuma
Malay flag Malay: kesan Dutch flag Dutch: afdruk Norwegian flag Norwegian: avtrykk, spor, merke
Polish flag Polish: odcisk Persian flag Persian: اثر Pashto flag Pashto: نښانى كول، مهر ول، چاپول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: marca Romanian flag Romanian: am­prentă Russian flag Russian: отпечаток
Slovak flag Slovak: otlačok Slovenian flag Slovenian: odtis Serbian flag Serbian: otisak
Swedish flag Swedish: avtryck, märke Thai flag Thai: รอยประทับ Turkish flag Turkish: iz, damga
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 壓印 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відбиток Urdu flag Urdu: نقش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dấu Chinese flag Chinese: 压印

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