Imprint
Imprint , transitive verb
[Old English emprenten, French empreint, past participle of empreindre to imprint, from Latin imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and compare Impress.]
1.
To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
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.”
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.
4.
Imprint , noun
[Compare French empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, transitive verb]
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.