imprint

imprint
    n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
         of the Norman invasion"
    2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
       impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
       {depression}, {impression}, {imprint}]
    3: 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"
    4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn:
       {imprint}, {embossment}]
    5: a device produced by pressure on a surface
    v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
         ideas onto our children" [syn: {imprint}, {form}]
    2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
       you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}, {imprint}]
    

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. "That imprint
   of their hands." --Buckle.
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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.
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            And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
                                                  --Prior.
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   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).
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            Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
            That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
                                                  --Cowper.
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   3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;
      to impress.
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            Ideas of those two different things distinctly
            imprinted on his mind.                --Locke.

   4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by
      the process of {imprinting}.
      [PJC]
    

278 Moby Thesaurus words for "imprint":
      acknowledgments, alveolation, alveolus, aquatint, autolithograph,
      back, back matter, backlash, backwash, bastard title, bed,
      bibliography, billhead, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, block,
      block print, blotch, book stamp, bookplate, boss, brand, bring out,
      broad arrow, bump, cachet, catch line, catchword, chalk, chalk up,
      check, check off, chromolithograph, cicatrize, clout, colophon,
      color print, concavity, confirm, contents, contents page,
      convexity, copperplate, copperplate print, copyright page,
      counterfoil, countermark, crayon engraving, cut, dactylogram,
      dactylograph, dapple, dash, dedication, deep-dye, define, delimit,
      demarcate, dent, depress, dimple, dint, discolor, docket, dot,
      embed, embossment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, engraft, engrave,
      engravement, engraving, entrench, errata, establish, etch, etching,
      excrescence, fingerprint, fix, fleck, flyleaf, folio, footmark,
      footprint, footstep, force, fore edge, foreword, fossil footprint,
      found, freckle, front matter, furrow, gash, get out, gouge,
      government mark, government stamp, graphotype, grave, ground,
      half-title page, hallmark, hatch, head, hectograph, honeycomb,
      ichnite, ichnolite, impact, implant, impress, impression,
      inculcate, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, index, infix,
      ingrain, inscribe, inscription, instill, introduction, issue, jam,
      label, leaf, letterhead, letterpress, line, linoleum-block print,
      lithograph, lodge, logo, logotype, lump, mackle, make a mark,
      makeup, mark, mark off, mark out, masthead, mezzotint, mimeograph,
      mottle, multigraph, negative, nick, notch, offcut, offprint,
      offset, overprint, pack, pad, page, paw print, pawmark, pencil,
      pepper, pimple, pit, plant, plate, pock, pockmark, point, preface,
      preliminaries, press in, price tag, prick, print, proof, prove,
      publish, pug, pugmark, pull, pull a proof, punch, punch in,
      punctuate, puncture, put out, put to bed, put to press, reaction,
      recess, recoil, recto, reflex, registered trademark, reissue,
      repercussion, reprint, response, reverso, riddle, root,
      rubber-block print, run, run off, running head, running title,
      scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, set,
      set back, set in, setoff, settle, sigil, signature, signet, speck,
      speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, step, stereotype, sticker,
      stigmatize, streak, striate, strike, stripe, stub, stud, subtitle,
      sunken part, table of contents, tag, tail, tally, tamp, tattoo,
      text, thumbmark, thumbprint, tick, tick off, ticket, title,
      title page, token, trace, trade name, trademark, trademark name,
      trim size, type page, underline, underscore, verso, vestige,
      vignette, wedge, wood engraving, woodblock, woodcut, woodprint,
      xylograph