Imprinting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Imprinting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Imprinting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imprinting n a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. --Prior. 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). Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, [bd]Be free.[b8] --Cowper. 3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind. --Locke.