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noun
Print  n.  
1.
A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow. "Where print of human feet was never seen."
2.
A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
3.
That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
4.
Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
5.
That which is produced by printing. Specifically:
(a)
An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate. "The prints which we see of antiquities."
(b)
A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.
(c)
A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.
(d)
A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.
6.
(Founding) A core print. See under Core.
Blue print, a copy in white lines on a blue ground, of a drawing, plan, tracing, etc., or a positive picture in blue and white, from a negative, produced by photographic printing on peculiarly prepared paper.
In print.
(a)
In a printed form; issued from the press; published.
(b)
To the letter; with accurateness. "All this I speak in print."
Out of print. See under Out.
Print works, a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed.


verb
Print  v. t.  (past & past part. printed; pres. part. printing)  
1.
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something. "A look will print a thought that never may remove." "Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print." "Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay."
2.
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. "Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod."
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.
4.
To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
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.
Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.


Print  v. i.  
1.
To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
2.
To publish a book or an article. "From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth."





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... ghost, the Beresford ghost, Mr. Williams's dream of Mr. Perceval's murder, and so forth. But the original sources have not, as a rule, been examined in the ordinary spirit of calm historical criticism, by aid of a comparison of the earliest versions in print or manuscript. (3) Even ghost stories, as a rule, have some basis of fact, whether fact of hallucination, or illusion, or imposture. They are, at lowest, "human documents". Now, granting such facts (of imposture, hallucination, or what you ...
— The Book of Dreams and Ghosts • Andrew Lang
... the general rejoicings the almost hysterical paragraphs in the Culversham local paper must be consulted. Columns of print were devoted to accounts of feastings and fireworks, tenants' dinners, ...
— Peter and Jane - or The Missing Heir • S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
... print before now with rather flattering actors when I address them as one of their trustees at their General Fund dinner. Believe me, I flatter nobody, unless it be sometimes myself; but, in such a company as the present, I always feel it my manful duty to bear my testimony ...
— Speeches: Literary and Social • Charles Dickens
... of her child's sayings and doings than like a fictitious narrative. Little Lou, be it remarked, is a true baby throughout, instead of being a precocious little prig, as so many good children are in print. The child's love for his mother and his mother's love for him is described in the ...
— The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss • George L. Prentiss
... the public road—which was a great thoroughfare—towards the locality of the station with the history of the previous night's transaction written as clearly oh his back as if it had been labelled there in large and legible print. The truth is, the humane and charitable priest had neglected to get his coat brushed—an operation which it never underwent unless on a Sunday morning—and the consequence was, that whilst the front part of his dress was ...
— The Tithe-Proctor - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two • William Carleton


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