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Definition
imprint   Show phonetics
noun
1 MARK [C] a mark left when an object is pressed into something soft
The steps showed the imprint of his boots in the snow.

2 EFFECT [no plural] the effect that something leaves behind
Much of the house still bears the imprint of her personality.

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