im|print´er

im|print´er
im|print «noun. IHM prihnt; verb. ihm PRIHNT», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a mark made by pressure; print: »

Your foot made an imprint in the sand.

2. an impression; mark: »

Figurative. Suffering left its imprint on her face.

3. the printer's or publisher's name, with the place and date of publication, on the title page or at the end of a book.
–v.t.
1. to mark by pressing or stamping; print: »

to imprint a postmark on an envelope, to imprint a letter with a postmark.

2. to put by pressing: »

She imprinted a kiss on his lips.

3. Figurative. to fix firmly in the mind: »

His boyhood home was imprinted in his memory.

4. Obsolete. to print (letters, words, or figures) from type.
5. Biology, Psychology. (of newborn animals) to fix the affections and interests upon (another animal, or object identified as, or in place of, the parent): »

In many cases, animals that become imprinted toward animals of another species never learn to recognize members of their own species (Wilbert J. McKeachie).

–v.i.
Biology, Psychology. to be or become the object of the affections and interests of an animal: »

Goats and sheep apparently imprint on their own young in the first few moments after birth (George W. Barlow).

[< Old French empreinter < empreindre to print; assail, set on, ultimately < Latin in- on + premere press1]
im|print´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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