imprinted

/ɪmˈpɹɪntɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

    For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
  2. 2

    To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.

  3. 3

    To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

adjective

  1. 1

    Stamped or impressed.

  2. 2

    Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.

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