imprint

Definitions


[ɪmˈprɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface
(e.g: tyre marks were imprinted in the snow)

- (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust
(e.g: the bird thought I was its mother and imprinted on me)


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’


[ˈɪmprɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mark or outline made by pressing something on to a softer substance
(e.g: he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap)

- a printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other publication


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’




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