Definition of "imprint" in English

noun

1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

   • The day left an imprint in my mind.

2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.

3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

   • The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

verb

1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

   • For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.

3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.