imprint

im·print

 (ĭm-prĭnt′)

v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints

v.tr.

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 telephone number in his memory.

5. To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.

6. To modify (a gene) chemically, as by DNA methylation, affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

v.intr.

To become imprinted on another animal or on an object identified as the parent. Used of newborn or very young animals. Often used with on: lab animals that imprint on researchers.

n. (ĭm′prĭnt′)

1. A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.

2. A distinguishing influence or effect: Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.

3. A chemical modification of a gene affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

4.

a. A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

b. A publishing business with a unique name, usually owned by a larger publishing firm: started a paperback imprint for young-adult novels.

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[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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imprint

n

1. a mark or impression produced by pressure, printing, or stamping

2. a characteristic mark or indication; stamp: the imprint of great sadness on his face.

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the publisher's name and address, usually with the date of publication, in a book, pamphlet, etc

4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the printer's name and address on any printed matter

vb

5. to produce (a mark, impression, etc) on (a surface) by pressure, printing, or stamping: to imprint a seal on wax; to imprint wax with a seal.

6. to establish firmly; impress; stamp: to imprint the details on one's mind.

7. (Zoology) (of young animals) to undergo the process of imprinting

imˈprinter n

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im•print

(n. ˈɪm prɪnt; v. ɪmˈprɪnt)
n.

1. a mark or indentation impressed on something.

2. any impression or impressed effect.

3.

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

b. a designation by which the books of a publisher are identified.

v.t.

4. to mark by or as if by pressure.

5. to produce (a mark) on something by pressure.

6. to fix firmly on the mind.

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

v.i.

8. to experience imprinting.

[1325–75; Middle English empreynten < Middle French empreindre < Latin imprimere to impress¹]

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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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

imprint

Past participle: imprinted
Gerund: imprinting

Imperative

imprint

imprint

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	imprint - a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion" influence - a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
	2.	imprint - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" impression, depression dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" incision, prick, scratch, dent, slit - a depression scratched or carved into a surface droop, sag - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" crinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" cranny, crevice, fissure, chap, crack - a long narrow depression in a surface
	3.	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" identification - evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
	4.	imprint - an impression produced by pressure or printing embossment stamp, impression - a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
	5.	imprint - a device produced by pressure on a surface device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" impression - (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
Verb	1.	imprint - establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" form act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
	2.	imprint - mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" impress change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" boss, emboss, stamp - raise in a relief; "embossed stationery"

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imprint

noun

1. impact, effect, impression His courage left an imprint on his nation's history.

2. mark, print, impression, stamp, indentation the imprint of his little finger

verb

1. fix, establish, place, set, position, plant, print, install, implant, embed He repeated the names, as if to imprint them on his mind.

2. engrave, print, stamp, impress, etch, emboss a racket with the club's badge imprinted on the strings

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imprint

verb

To produce a deep impression of:

engrave, etch, fix, grave, impress, inscribe, stamp.

noun

The visible effect made on a surface by pressure:

impress, impression, indent, indentation, mark, print, stamp.

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Translations

أثَـريَطْبَعُ في الذِّهْن، يَترُك أثرا

otiskvštípitvtisknout

aftrykprægeprentespor

einprägenAbdruckImpressumprägenabdrucken

αποτύπωμα

jälkipainaapainauma

empreinteimpressionimprimerourspavé de l’ours

belenyomimpresszumlenyomatnyom

greypa, festa ; òrÿsta; stimplamerki, far, spor

sigla editorialeimprimereimprontaormasegno

atspaudasįsmigti

atstāt pēdasiespiestiesnospiedumspēdas

отпечатокотпечатать

damgaetkilemekiztesir etmek

使铭记压印在...上压出记号

imprint

A. [ɪmˈprɪnt] VT

1. (= mark) [+ paper] → imprimir
to imprint sth on sth → imprimir or estampar algo en algo

2. (fig) → grabar
it was imprinted on his mind → lo tenía grabado en la mente

3. (Bio, Psych) → imprimir (on a)

B. [ˈɪmprɪnt] N → impresión f, huella f (Typ) → pie m de imprenta
under the HarperCollins imprint → publicado por HarperCollins

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

imprint

[ˈɪmprɪnt]

n

[foot, shoe] → empreinte f

to bear the imprint of sth (= show the effect) → porter les marques de qch
The city bears the imprint of Japanese investment → La ville porte les marques de l'investissement japonais.
to leave an imprint on sb (= affect) → laisser des traces chez qn

[ɪmˈprɪnt] vt (= mark) to imprint sth on sth → imprimer qch sur qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

imprint

vt

(= mark) leather → prägen; paper → bedrucken; seal etc → aufprägen (→ on auf +acc); (on paper) → aufdrucken (→ on auf +acc)

(fig) → einprägen (on sb jdm); to be imprinted on somebody’s mind → sich jdm eingeprägt haben; to be imprinted on somebody’s memory → sich in jds Gedächtnis (acc) → eingeprägt haben

n

(lit) (on leather, wax etc) → Abdruck m; (on paper) → (Auf)druck m; (fig) → Spuren pl, → Zeichen pl, → bleibender Eindruck

(Typ) → Impressum nt; under the Collins imprint → mit dem Collins-Impressum

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

imprint

[n ˈɪmprɪnt; vb ɪmˈprɪnt]

1. n (Publishing) → sigla editoriale

2. vt → imprimere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

imprint

(ˈimprint) noun

a mark made by pressure. She saw the imprint of a foot in the sand. afdruk أثَـر отпечатък marca otisk der Abdruck aftryk; spor αποτύπωμαhuella, marca, impresión jälg اثر jälki empreinte סִימָן מוּטְבַּע छाप otisak lenyomat, nyom jejak merki, far, spor impronta 跡 각인(刻印)하다 atspaudas, įspaudas nospiedums; (pārdzīvojuma u.tml.) pēdas kesan afdrukavtrykk, spor, merkeodcisk نښانى كول، مهر ول، چاپول ( لكه په ټايپ باند دكاغذ )، چاپ، مهر (لكه دكتاب سر ياپاى چې دخپروونكى يا دناشر له خوا مهر كړل شى marca am­prentă отпечаток otlačok odtis otisak avtryck, märke รอยประทับ iz, damga 壓印 відбиток نقش dấu 压印

(imˈprint) verb

to make (a mark) on something by pressure; to fix permanently (in the mind or memory). afdruk يَطْبَعُ في الذِّهْن، يَترُك أثرا отпечатвам imprimir vtisknout; vštípit einprägen præge; prente εντυπώνωimprimir, grabar (millelegi) märki jätma نقش بستن؛ نقش انداختن pinaa imprimer, graver לְהַטבִּיע मन में बैठा देना utisnuti (bele)nyom, bevés mengukir, menanamkan greypa, festa (í minni); þrÿsta; stimpla imprimere 刻印する 각인 įspausti, įkalti į galvą, įsmigti (į atmintį) atstāt pēdas; iespiesties (atmiņā) menekankan bedrukken, inprentenprege, innprente odcisnąć نښانى كول، مهر ول imprimir a grava; a păstra (în minte) отпечатывать; запечатлевать vtlačiť vtisniti utisnuti trycka ฝังใจ etkilemek, tesir etmek 在...上壓印，使銘記 відбивати, залишати слід نقش کرنا đóng dấu 在...上压出记号，使铭记

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