Print /(?)/
Print
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Printed; p. pr. & vb. n. Printing
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To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
A look will print a thought that never may remove.
Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print.
Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
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To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.
- To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.
- To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
- To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. (Photog.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Printed goods
- textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.
Print
v. i.
- To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
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To publish a book or an article.
From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth.
Print
n.
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A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.
Where print of human feet was never seen.
- A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
- That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
- Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
- That which is produced by printing.
- A core print. See under Core. (Founding)
Phrases & Compounds
- Blue print
- a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper.
- In print
- In a printed form; issued from the press; published
- Out of print
- See under Out.
- Print works
- a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.