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imprint on

imprint on verb: to come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.

Verb

imprint on (third-person singular simple present imprints on, present participle imprinting on, simple past and past participle imprinted on)

  1. To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.

Forms of imprint on

third-person singular presentimprints on
present participleimprinting on
past participleimprinted on
pastimprinted on

Questions about imprint on

What does imprint on mean?
Imprint on means to come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.
What part of speech is imprint on?
Imprint on is a verb.
What is the past tense of imprint on?
The past tense of imprint on is imprinted on.

Words near imprint on in the dictionary

  1. imprimis
  2. imprimitive
  3. imprimitivity
  4. imprimus
  5. imprint
  6. imprint on
  7. imprintability
  8. imprintable
  9. imprinted
  10. imprinted on
  11. imprintee

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