imprint
verb/ɪmˈprɪnt/
/ɪmˈprɪnt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they imprint | /ɪmˈprɪnt/ /ɪmˈprɪnt/ |
| he / she / it imprints | /ɪmˈprɪnts/ /ɪmˈprɪnts/ |
| past simple imprinted | /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ |
| past participle imprinted | /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form imprinting | /ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ/ |
- to have a great effect on something so that it cannot be forgotten, changed, etc.
- imprint A in/on B The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on her mind.
- He imprints his own personal style on his work.
- imprint B with A His work is imprinted with his own personal style.
- to print or press a mark or design onto a surface
- imprint A in/on B Their footprints were imprinted in the snow.
- imprint B with A clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.
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