"imprint on" meaning in English

See imprint on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: imprints on [present, singular, third-person], imprinting on [participle, present], imprinted on [participle, past], imprinted on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} imprint on (third-person singular simple present imprints on, present participle imprinting on, simple past and past participle imprinted on)
  1. (of an animal) To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.

Inflected forms

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    {
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    },
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        "To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is."
      ],
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        "(of an animal) To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is."
      ],
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        "of an animal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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        "To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is."
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        "(of an animal) To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is."
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        "of an animal"
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