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.
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            A look will print a thought that never may remove.
                                                  --Surrey.
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            Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint,
            Which in that field young Edward's sword did print.
                                                  --Sir John
                                                  Beaumont.
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            Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
                                                  --Roscommon.
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   2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or
      mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
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            Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode,
            That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   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.
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   4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as,
      to print calico.
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   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.
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   Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns,
      especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.
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