noun An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.
noun The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.
Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday.
noun A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.
The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
verb To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
verb To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue!
verb To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.