Imprint /(?)/

Im·print

Imprint

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting

  1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
    And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
  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, “Be free.”
  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.
  4. To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting. (Ethology)

Imprint

n.
  1. 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.