Imprint

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Full definition of imprint

Noun

1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.The day left an imprint in my mind.
2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/

From Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Verb

1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
• PriorAnd sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
• CowperNature imprints upon whate'er we see,
  That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
• John Lockeideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind
2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.