dɪˈpɹɛʃən dəˈpɹɛʃ(ə)n fɔːm fɔɹm ɪmˈpɹɛs ɪmˈpɹɛʃən ˈɪm.pɹɪnt ɪmˈpɹɪnt mark or stamp with or as if with pressure To make a batik, you impress a design with wax establish or impress firmly in the mind We imprint our ideas onto our children a device produced by pressure on a surface a distinctive influence English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion an impression produced by pressure or printing an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page the book was published under a distinguished imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud