imprint /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/noun 3/ɪmˈpɹɪnt/ verb 3forms 5phrases 1 noun3 •An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.The packaging requires an imprint on three of its sides. •The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday. •A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve. imprint /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/ verb3 •To leave a print, impression, image, etc.For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram. •To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue! •To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed. formsimprinted · imprinting · imprinteth · imprints · imprintest Phrases with imprint imprint onTo come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.
