Meaning & use
imprinted
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Fixed firmly in the mind or memory, or marked something with a lasting impression.
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The image of the burning house was imprinted on her memory forever.
The company imprinted its logo on every product it sold.
A note on using this word
In biology and psychology, 'imprinted' has a specific technical sense: a young animal rapidly forming an attachment to the first moving object it sees, typically its parent.
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2. verb
In animal behavior, formed a rapid and lasting attachment to the first moving object encountered after birth or hatching.
The ducklings imprinted on the farmer after he was the first creature they saw.
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