Imptrinted

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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.
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              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}.
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