imprinting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
verb establish or impress firmly in the mind
verb mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

By process, as ye knowen every one, Men may so longe graven in a stone, Till some figure therein imprinted be: So long have they comforted her, till she Received hath, by hope and by reason, Th’ imprinting of their consolation, Through which her greate sorrow gan assuage; She may not always duren in such rage. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

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