Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Imprint \Im*print"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imptrinted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Imprinting}.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of
   empreindre to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint.
   See 1st {In-}, {Print}, and cf. {Impress}.]
   1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

            And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
                                                  --Prior.

   2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type,
      plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures,
      letters, etc., upon something).

            Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a
            heart and life in it, ``Be free.''    --Cowper.

   3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory;
      to impress.

            Ideas of those two different things distinctly
            imprinted on his mind.                --Locke.

Source : WordNet®

imprinting
     n : a learning process in early life whereby species specific
         patterns of behavior are established