imprint

Noun

• a device produced by pressure on a surface

• an impression produced by pressure or printing

• an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
  • the book was published under a distinguished imprint
    

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  • he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
    

• a distinctive influence
  • English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
    

Verb

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
  • To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
    

• establish or impress firmly in the mind
  • We imprint our ideas onto our children
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  embossment , depression , impression , impress , form