imprint : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: imprint	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for imprint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imprint n a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion" a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonym(s): depression, impression, imprint 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 published under a distinguished imprint" an impression produced by pressure or printing Synonym(s): imprint, embossment a device produced by pressure on a surface v establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" Synonym(s): imprint, form mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" Synonym(s): impress, imprint
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imprint \Imprint"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]That imprint of their hands.[b8] --Buckle.