The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imprint \Im"print\, n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See
   Imprint, v. t.]
   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Imprinting.] [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.
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            And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
                                                  --Prior.
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   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).
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            Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
            That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
                                                  --Cowper.
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   3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;
      to impress.
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            Ideas of those two different things distinctly
            imprinted on his mind.                --Locke.

   4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by
      the process of imprinting.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, imprint]
    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 published under a
       distinguished imprint"
    4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn:
       imprint, 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: imprint, form]
    2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
       you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]