I. ˈprint noun
Etymology: Middle English prente, from Anglo-French, from preint, prient, past participle of priendre to press, from Latin premere — more at press
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a mark made by pressure : impression
b. : something impressed with a print or formed in a mold
c. : fingerprint
2.
a. : printed state or form
b. : the printing industry
3.
a. : printed matter
b. plural : printed publications
4. : printed letters : type
5.
a.
(1) : a copy made by printing
(2) : a reproduction of an original work of art (as a painting) made by a photomechanical process
(3) : an original work of art (as a woodcut, etching, or lithograph) intended for graphic reproduction and produced by or under the supervision of the artist who designed it
b. : cloth with a pattern or figured design applied by printing ; also : an article of such cloth
c. : a photographic or motion-picture copy ; especially : one made from a negative
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- in print
- out of print
II. verb
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to impress something in or on
b. : to stamp (as a mark) in or on something
2.
a. : to make a copy of by impressing paper against an inked printing surface
b.
(1) : to impress (as wallpaper) with a design or pattern
(2) : to impress (a pattern or design) on something
c. : to publish in print
d. : print out ; also : to display on a surface (as a computer screen) for viewing
3. : to write in letters shaped like those of ordinary roman text type
4. : to make (a positive picture) on a sensitized photographic surface from a negative or a positive
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to work as a printer
b. : to produce printed matter
2. : to produce something in printed form
3. : to write or hand-letter in imitation of unjoined printed characters
III. adjective
Date: 1953
: of, relating to, or writing for printed publications
print journalists