imprint

«imprint» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an imprint, imprints); verb (imprint, imprints, imprinted, imprinting)

meaning for a pupil

1) An imprint is a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint in mud. tree →

2) An imprint is a lasting effect that something leaves on a person or a place. tree →

3) To imprint something is to press or print a mark onto it. tree →

4) To imprint something on your mind is to fix it firmly in your memory. tree →

5) (books) A publisher's imprint is the brand name it puts on a book. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus it means to tattoo or mark the skin. In the Sefer Yetzirah it means a stamp or trace left by God. Interpretation: Tradition reads the ban on marks as forbidding pagan mourning tattoos, since the body belongs to God. The Sefer Yetzirah's view is that all things carry God's mark. In the primary lessons: In science lessons fossils are often imprints of leaves, shells or footprints in rock. In stories an experience «leaves its imprint» on someone. In everyday life a coin or a stamp can be imprinted with a design. In biology, a young animal can imprint on its mother (see «imprinting»). Phrases: «leave an imprint», «imprinted on my memory», «an imprint of».

examples

• Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.19.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• or does exist outside of Himself ; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Yet He is not only that form; for nothing can [p. 9] or does exist outside of Himself; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The dinosaur left an imprint of its foot in the mud. tree →
• The fossil is the imprint of a fern. tree →
• The face of the queen is imprinted on the coin. tree →
• That holiday left a happy imprint on all of us. tree →
• The phone number is imprinted on my mind. tree →
• Her hand left an imprint in the wet clay. tree →
• This book is published under a children's imprint. tree →
• The proprietor of the house stood bare-headed, and respectfully imprinted a kiss on the hand of the old woman. tree →

note

Stress differs: noun «IM-print», verb «im-PRINT». Past form «imprinted». Countable noun. Similar to «print» and «impression».

In the corpora

• Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «imprint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.