IMPRINT Im*print", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.] Etym: [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.
IMPRINT Im"print, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t.]
Defn: 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.
IMPRISON
Im*pris"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprisoning.] Etym: [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner;
pref. en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison.]
1. To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. Spenser.
2. To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. Try to imprison the resistless wind. Dryden.
Syn.
— To incarcerate; confine; immure.