Im*print" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p.
of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres,
imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.]
1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent;
to stamp.
And sees his num'rous herds imprint her
sands.
Prior.
2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by
means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark
(figures, letters, etc., upon something).
Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
Cowper.
3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the
mind or memory; to impress.
Ideas of those two different things distinctly
imprinted on his mind.
Locke.
Im"print (?), n. [Cf. F.
empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v.
t.] Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or
mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or
publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-
page of a book, or on any printed sheet. "That imprint
of their hands." Buckle.