imprinting
[im-prin-ting]
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noun Animal Behavior, Psychology.
rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual or object, as attachment to parent, offspring, or site.
Origin of imprinting
imprint
[noun im-print; verb im-print]
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of imprint
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Related Words for imprinting
signature, etch, inscribe, engrave, emblem, name, trace, stamp, impress, influence, effect, dent, design, indentation, trademark, print, mark, banner, heading, signExamples from the Web for imprinting
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Historical Examples of imprinting
He gathered her to himself, imprinting kisses upon her lips and cheeks.
Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser
I am almost afraid at the power she has of imprinting herself on the mind.
Memoirs of a MidgetWalter de la Mare
He put his arm about her, and drew her into a close, tender embrace, imprinting a long and ardent kiss upon the rich red lips.
Mildred at HomeMartha Finley
He kissed her cheek, imprinting thereon a Cupid's bow, by reason of his own addiction to the lipstick.
Ptomaine StreetCarolyn Wells
But Sir Francis had possessed himself of her hand, and was imprinting ardent kisses upon it.
DustJulian Hawthorne
imprinting
noun
imprint
noun (ˈɪmprɪnt)
verb (ɪmˈprɪnt)
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[ĭm′prĭn′tĭng]
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[ĭm′prĭn′tĭng]
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