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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Print \Print\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Printed}; p. pr & vb n. {Printing}.] [Abbrev. fr imprint. See {Imprint}, and {Press} to squeeze.] 1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something A look will print a thought that never may remove. --Surrey. Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir John Beaumont. Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay. --Roscommon. 2. To stamp something in or upon to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. --Dryden. 3. Specifically: To strike off an impression or impressions of from type or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like in a wider sense to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book. 4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as to print calico. 5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. {Printed goods}, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: printed adj : written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press [syn: {print}]
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