Definition

• v. t. - To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
• v. t. - To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.