Imprint

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imprint \Im"print\, n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See
     {Imprint}, 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. "That imprint


     of their hands." --Buckle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imptrinted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Imprinting}.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of
     empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint.
     See 1st {In-}, {Print}, and cf. {Impress}.]
     1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
                                                    --Prior.
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     2. 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).
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              Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
              That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;
        to impress.
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              Ideas of those two different things distinctly
              imprinted on his mind.                --Locke.
  
     4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by
        the process of {imprinting}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imprint
       n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
            of the Norman invasion"
       2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
          impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: {depression},
           {impression}]
       3: 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 publsihed
          under a distinguished imprint"
       4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: {embossment}]
       5: a device produced by pressure on a surface
       v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
            ideas onto our children" [syn: {form}]
       2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
          you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  278 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprint":
     acknowledgments, alveolation, alveolus, aquatint, autolithograph,
     back, back matter, backlash, backwash, bastard title, bed,
     bibliography, billhead, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, block,
     block print, blotch, book stamp, bookplate, boss, brand, bring out,
     broad arrow, bump, cachet, catch line, catchword, chalk, chalk up,
     check, check off, chromolithograph, cicatrize, clout, colophon,
     color print, concavity, confirm, contents, contents page,
     convexity, copperplate, copperplate print, copyright page,
     counterfoil, countermark, crayon engraving, cut, dactylogram,
     dactylograph, dapple, dash, dedication, deep-dye, define, delimit,
     demarcate, dent, depress, dimple, dint, discolor, docket, dot,
     embed, embossment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, engraft, engrave,
     engravement, engraving, entrench, errata, establish, etch, etching,
     excrescence, fingerprint, fix, fleck, flyleaf, folio, footmark,
     footprint, footstep, force, fore edge, foreword, fossil footprint,
     found, freckle, front matter, furrow, gash, get out, gouge,
     government mark, government stamp, graphotype, grave, ground,
     half-title page, hallmark, hatch, head, hectograph, honeycomb,
     ichnite, ichnolite, impact, implant, impress, impression,
     inculcate, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, index, infix,
     ingrain, inscribe, inscription, instill, introduction, issue, jam,
     label, leaf, letterhead, letterpress, line, linoleum-block print,
     lithograph, lodge, logo, logotype, lump, mackle, make a mark,
     makeup, mark, mark off, mark out, masthead, mezzotint, mimeograph,
     mottle, multigraph, negative, nick, notch, offcut, offprint,
     offset, overprint, pack, pad, page, paw print, pawmark, pencil,
     pepper, pimple, pit, plant, plate, pock, pockmark, point, preface,
     preliminaries, press in, price tag, prick, print, proof, prove,
     publish, pug, pugmark, pull, pull a proof, punch, punch in,
     punctuate, puncture, put out, put to bed, put to press, reaction,
     recess, recoil, recto, reflex, registered trademark, reissue,
     repercussion, reprint, response, reverso, riddle, root,
     rubber-block print, run, run off, running head, running title,
     scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, set,
     set back, set in, setoff, settle, sigil, signature, signet, speck,
     speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, step, stereotype, sticker,
     stigmatize, streak, striate, strike, stripe, stub, stud, subtitle,
     sunken part, table of contents, tag, tail, tally, tamp, tattoo,
     text, thumbmark, thumbprint, tick, tick off, ticket, title,
     title page, token, trace, trade name, trademark, trademark name,
     trim size, type page, underline, underscore, verso, vestige,
     vignette, wedge, wood engraving, woodblock, woodcut, woodprint,
     xylograph