Main Entry: ¹im·print

Pronunciation: \im-ˈprint, ˈim-ˌ\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English emprenten, from Anglo-French emprient, 3d singular of enpreindre to impress (from Latin imprimere) & empreinter, from emprent, past participle of enpreindre

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to mark by or as if by pressure : impress
2 a : to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory) b : to subject to or induce by imprinting <an imprinted preference>intransitive verb : to undergo imprinting

— im·print·er \-ˈprin-tər, -ˌprin-\ noun