Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Print \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.                           --Pope.

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.

            A look will print a thought that never may remove.
                                                  --Surrey.

            Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in
            that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir
                                                  John Beaumont.

            Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
                                                  --Roscommon.

   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. --Dryden.

   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 \Print\, n. [See {Print}, v., {Imprint}, 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. --Dryden.

   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.''
          --Dryden.
      (b) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or
          other periodical. --Addison.
      (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.

Source : WordNet®

print
     v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the
          royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be
          printed" [syn: {publish}]
     2: write as if with print; not cursive
     3: make into a print;  "print the negative"
     4: reproduce by printing [syn: {impress}]

print
     n 1: the result of the printing process; "I want to see it in
          black and white" [syn: {black and white}]
     2: a picture or design printed from an engraving
     3: a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous
        reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw
        prints were everywhere" [syn: {mark}]
     4: a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version
        of it)
     5: a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by
        engraved rollers)
     6: a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
        [syn: {photographic print}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

PRINT
     
         PRe-edited INTerpreter.
     
        An early mathematics language for the {IBM 705}.
     
        [Sammet 1969, p. 134].
     
        (1995-05-01)