Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of imprint
adjectiveimprinted (comparative more imprinted, superlative most imprinted)
comparative more imprinted · superlative most imprinted
- biologyProduced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
The inference is that there is an imprinted gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 217
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pres-
- Proto-Italic*pres-
- Latinpremō
- Latinimprimere
- Old Frenchempreindre
- Old Frenchempreinter
- Middle Englishemprinten
- Englishimprint
- Englishimprinted
Translations
Latin impressus
- impressusstamped or impressed
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APA
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“imprinted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprinted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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