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   imprint

   verb

   • 1. impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface: "tyre marks were imprinted in the snow" Similar stamppunchprintimpressmarkengravedebossetchemboss
   • ▪ make an impression or mark on: "clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams"
   • ▪ fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind: "he'd always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind" Similar fixestablishsticklodgeimplantembedstampimpressetchengraveprint
   • 2. (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust: "the bird thought I was its mother and imprinted on me"

   noun

   • 1. a mark or outline made by pressing something on to a softer substance: "he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap" Similar impressionprintmarkindentation
   • ▪ a lasting effect: "years in the colonies had left their imprint" Similar impactlasting effectinfluenceimpression
   • 2. a printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other publication.
   • ▪ a brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group: "the group will continue to market its products through its established imprints"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.

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