im·print /ɪmˈprɪnt, ˈɪmˌ/
 (vt.)印,印記號,銘刻印,印記,痕跡,版本說明
 im·print /ɪmˈprɪnt, ˈɪmˌ/ 及物動詞
 加記號,印跡,印痕,特征
 Im·print v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.]
 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.  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.”
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 imprint
      n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
           of the Norman invasion"
      2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
         impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: depression,
          impression]
      3: an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along
         with the date and address and edition that is printed at
         the bottom of the title page; "the book was publsihed
         under a distinguished imprint"
      4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn: embossment]
      5: a device produced by pressure on a surface
      v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
           ideas onto our children" [syn: form]
      2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
         you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress]