different between characterize vs imprint

English

Alternative forms

• characterise

Etymology

From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kharakt?ríz?, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from ???????? (kharakt?r, “a mark, character”). Synchronically analyzable as character +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???kt??a?z/, /?kæ??kt??a?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kt??a?z/
• Hyphenation: char?ac?ter?ize

Verb

characterize (third-person singular simple present characterizes, present participle characterizing, simple past and past participle characterized)

1. (transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
2. (transitive) To be typical of.
3. (transitive) To determine the characteristics of.

Derived terms

• characterization
• subcharacterize

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Further reading

• characterize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• characterize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology 1

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.p??nt/

Noun

imprint (plural imprints)

1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

   The day left an imprint in my mind.
2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
3. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

   The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??nt/

Verb

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

1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

Derived terms

• imprint on

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