imprint

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈɪmprɪnt/ UK /ˈɪmprɪnt/ See IPA manual

noun verb

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noun
a mark made by pressure, or a lasting impression or effect

The fossil left a delicate imprint of leaves in the shale.

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1 noun · a mark made by pressure, or... impression mark stamp print indentation impress

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Derived forms imprintingimprintedimprinter

Related forms print imprimatur

Etymology

From Old French empreinter, empreindre ('to imprint, stamp'), from Latin imprimere ('to press into'), from in- ('into') + premere ('to press').

imprimere Latin premere Latin

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# imprint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈɪmprɪnt
**IPA (UK):** ˈɪmprɪnt

## Meanings
1. a mark made by pressure, or a lasting impression or effect

## Examples
- The fossil left a delicate imprint of leaves in the shale.

## Synonyms
- impression
- mark
- stamp
- print
- indentation
- impress

## Derived Forms
- imprinting
- imprinted
- imprinter

## Related Forms
- print
- imprimatur

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: imprimere
- Root: premere

## Etymology
From Old French empreinter, empreindre ('to imprint, stamp'), from Latin imprimere ('to press into'), from in- ('into') + premere ('to press').

## AI Etymology
imprint comes from Old French empreinter, empreindre ('to imprint, stamp'), from Latin imprimere ('to press into'), from in- ('into') + premere ('to press'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the noun sense is "a mark made by pressure, or a lasting impression or effect", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as print and imprimatur, and in derivatives such as imprinting, imprinted, and imprinter. Its semantic neighborhood includes impression, mark, stamp, and print, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin imprimere and Latin premere.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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