1. imprint - Noun
2. imprint - Verb
To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).
To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.
Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEven from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Michel de Montaigne
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. Kate Chopin
Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears. Rollo May
I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken. John Updike
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience. Nicholas Lea
Like the lark that soars in the air, first singing, then silent, content with the last sweetness that satiates it, such seemed to me that image, the imprint of the Eternal Pleasure. Dante Alighieri