/pɹɪnt/ adjective, verb, noun
Forms prints printing printed printest printedst printeth
- adjective Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications. “a print edition of a book”
- verb (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine. “Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.”
- verb To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image. “The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.”
- verb (ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive. “Print your name here and sign below.”
- verb (ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc. “How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?”
- verb (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns. “to print calico”
- verb (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- verb (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- verb (intransitive, slang) To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
- noun (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. “Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.”
- noun (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. “Write in print using block letters.”
- noun (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document. “The print is too small for me to read.”
- noun (countable) A newspaper.
- noun A visible impression on a surface. “Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.”
- noun A fingerprint. “Did the police find any prints at the scene?”
- noun A footprint.
- noun (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
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Etymology
From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- verb To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- verb To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
- verb To publish a book or an article.
Etymology [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See Imprint, and Press to squeeze.]
Etymology [See Print, v., Imprint, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “print”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details