imprints

noun

  1. 1

    An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

    “The day left an imprint in my mind.”
  2. 2

    The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.

  3. 3

    A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

    “The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.”

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.

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