imprint on

verb

To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.

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Meanings

verbimprint on (third-person singular simple present imprints on, present participle imprinting on, simple past and past participle imprinted on)

present singular third person imprints on · participle present imprinting on · participle past imprinted on · past imprinted on

  1. To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.
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APA

imprint on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprint%20on

MLA

“imprint on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprint%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imprint on,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprint%20on.

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