print English · revision 4579

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=a. 1300|origins=la premere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /prɪnt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|prente]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|fro|preinte|t=impression]], the noun use of the feminine past participle of preindre “to press”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) an alteration of earlier prembre,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la|premere|t=to press]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The French word was also borrowed into Dutch as prent.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[press]] and [[imprint]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A mark made by pressing, as by a stamp or seal: about 1300 in Etymonline and Barnhart,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) before 1300 in the OED.^(OED 1989) The verb, to impress or stamp, is from about 1340–1380.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English the word was also used of an image stamped on the mind or soul, and the stigmata were called “precious prints of Christ”.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The printing press gave it its main modern meanings: the verb, to produce books with inked type, is recorded in 1511, replacing ''emprint'' (Caxton, 1474),^(Barnhart 1988) and to be ''in print'' is from the late 15th century.^(Etymonline) A printed publication is from the 1560s, printed lettering from the 1620s, a picture made from a plate from the 1660s,^(Etymonline) and ''out of print'' from the 1670s.^(Etymonline) Printed cloth is from 1756,^(Etymonline) writing in letters like type from 1801,^(Etymonline) and the photographic print from 1853 (the verb 1851).^(Etymonline) ''Printer'' is from 1504.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1300 – a mark made by pressure.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1340–70 – verb, to stamp or impress.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 15th century – ''in print''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1504 – ''printer''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1511 – to print books.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1560s – a printed publication.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1660s – a picture from a plate.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1756 – printed cloth.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1801 – to write in separate letters.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1853 – a photograph.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1952 – to take fingerprints.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To produce text or pictures on paper or another surface with a [[printing press]] or [[printer]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To publish in printed form.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To write in separate letters like those of type rather than in joined writing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To press a mark or design into or onto a surface.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make a positive [[photograph]] from a [[negative]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Printed lettering or text.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A mark made by pressure, such as a [[footprint]] or [[fingerprint]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A picture made by printing, or a copy of a painting.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A photograph printed from a negative.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Cloth with a printed pattern.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[printer]]

+ * [[offprint]]

+ * [[overprint]]

+ * [[photoprint]]

+ * [[reprint]]

+ * [[surprint]]

+ * [[printable]]

+ * [[printery]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[press]]

+ * [[imprint]]

+ * [[reprimand]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}