Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
  • adjective Stamped or impressed.
  • adjective genetics Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.

Etymologies

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From imprint +‎ -ed.

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Examples

  • She never complained about her illnesses and quickly earned the title imprinted on her T-shirt, “Our Favorite Aunt.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • She never complained about her illnesses and quickly earned the title imprinted on her T-shirt, “Our Favorite Aunt.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • Bobby said sure, and wanted to know if I wanted my name imprinted on them.

    Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001

  • Bobby said sure, and wanted to know if I wanted my name imprinted on them.

    Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001

  • Bobby said sure, and wanted to know if I wanted my name imprinted on them.

    Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001

  • But, unlike a lot of other guys who had killed their wives or their lovers, at least he didn ` t run to the police, stage a vigil, you know, have her name imprinted on a T-shirt while leading a search for the person that he was to begin with.

    CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2009 2009

  • When he unleashed the cascade of flowers at the bishop's feet, he revealed a stunning image of the Virgin imprinted on the cloak.

    Mexico's Colonial Era - Part 2 2007

  • When he unleashed the cascade of flowers at the bishop's feet, he revealed a stunning image of the Virgin imprinted on the cloak.

    Mexico's Colonial Era - Part 2 2007

  • But he was feeling so much like trampled horse turds that it wasn't until he'd read not only her organ donor card but also the name imprinted on her cheques that he realised who the woman actually was.

    A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

  •           Chaney opened the volume with curiosity and found a calling card with her name imprinted on one side, and the address of a government laboratory in Illinois written on the other.

    Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970

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