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Meaning of imprinted

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

imprinted

Pronunciation:/ɪmˈpɹɪntɪd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

    Example: For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

  2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.

  3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Stamped or impressed.

  2. Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.