What is "imptrinted"

Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and cf. Impress.]

1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

   And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
   --Prior.

2. 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).

   Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, ``Be free.''
   --Cowper.

3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.

   Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.
   --Locke.

4. (Ethology) To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting.