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imprint

noun
  1. a device produced by pressure on a surface
  2. a distinctive influence
    “English still bears the imprint of the Norman invasion.”
  3. an impression produced by pressure or printing
    “I used a stamp to make an imprint of my address on the envelope.”
  4. an identification of a publisher
    “All my books have an imprint at the front.”
  5. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
    “I left an imprint on the chair where I had been sitting.”
verb
  1. to mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
    “I imprinted the logo onto the letter.”
  2. to establish or impress firmly in the mind
    “We imprint our ideas onto our children.”