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im·print  (m-prnt)

tr.v. 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.

n. (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.

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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 [ˈɪmprɪnt]

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

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

vb [ɪmˈprɪnt]

1. 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

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

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of young animals) to undergo the process of imprinting

imprinter  n

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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.

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

Translations

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

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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

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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

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imprint [ɐn ˈɪmprɪnt; ɐvb ɪmˈprɪnt]

1. n (Publishing) → sigla editoriale

2. vt → imprimere

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imprint

n imprint [ˈimprint]

a mark made by pressure She saw the imprint of a foot in the sand. afdruk أثَـر отпечатък otisk aftryk; spor der Abdruck αποτύπωμα huella, 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 afdruk avtrykk, spor, merke odcisk marca am­prentă отпечаток otlačok odtis otisak avtryck, märke รอยประทับ iz, damga 壓印 відбиток نقش dấu 压印

[imˈprint] v

to make (a mark) on something by pressure; to fix permanently (in the mind or memory). afdruk يَطْبَعُ في الذِّهْن، يَترُك أثرا отпечатвам vtisknout; vštípit præge; prente einprägen εντυπώνω imprimir, 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, inprenten prege (inn), innprente odcisnąć 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