Synonyms for print


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : print
Phonetic Transcription : prɪnt

Top 10 synonyms for print Other synonyms for the word print

Définition of print

Origin :
  • c.1300, "impression, mark" (as by a stamp or seal), from Old French preinte "impression," noun use of fem. past participle of preindre "to press, crush," altered from prembre, from Latin premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). The Old French word also was borrowed into Middle Dutch (prente, Dutch prent) and other Germanic languages.
  • Meaning "printed lettering" is from 1620s; print-hand "print-like handwriting" is from 1658. Sense of "picture or design from a block or plate" is first attested 1660s. Meaning "piece of printed cloth" is from 1756. In Middle English, stigmata were called precious prentes of crist; to perceiven the print of sight was "to feel (someone's) gaze." Out of print "no longer to be had from the publisher" is from 1670s (to be in print is recorded from late 15c.). Print journalism attested from 1962.
  • noun publication; something impressed
  • verb produce writing, impression; reproduce
Example sentences :
  • Of course they did not use the letters which have been used to print this book.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He took it up and tried to read, but the print swam into thin, black smudges.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He sat down and picked up the newspaper, and the print was clear.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The final volume, by her own request, she received in print.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • At first there had been no definite thought of print in Mr, Edgeworth's mind.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • But—not to print, now—what are you going to do with His Lordship?
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Said I could print all right, only there warn't no more work.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Do the Maquas dare to leave the print of their moccasins in these woods?
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It was his "press" handwriting, plain, rapid, and as legible as print.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • You will print the facts concerning McCune in to-morrow morning's paper.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
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