[
US
/ˈɪmpɹɪnt, ˌɪmˈpɹɪnt/
]
NOUN
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a distinctive influence
English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion - an impression produced by pressure or printing
- a device produced by pressure on a surface
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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 -
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
VERB
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establish or impress firmly in the mind
We imprint our ideas onto our children -
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
How To Use imprint In A Sentence
- The sinister atmosphere of the place left an indelible imprint on my memory.
- He looked at her for a moment as if imprinting her living form on his mind and then fled into the wintry night. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- Hell, I even understood certain imprints in my psyche better, which helped me figure out other things. Nonsense
- The tenor saxophonist's rousing stomps and sensitive ballads are deeply imprinted in his fans' memories.
- So I have what is known as an imprint, it's an arm of a publishing house.
- Major publishing houses responded to this trend by establishing imprints, such as DC's Vertigo, that publishes comics aimed at a mature audience.
- His mechanics wore T-shirts designed as a tribute last night and he wore a helmet imprinted with the names of his team. Times, Sunday Times
- The spiky heals were imprinted in the ground and the toe part was facing Ginger.
- [She's] working on two books to be published by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
- Charlie followed the shallow imprints in the ground, until the tracks came to a flat rock.
