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Imprinting   /ɪmprˈɪntɪŋ/  /ɪmprˈɪnɪŋ/   Listen
Imprinting

noun
1.
A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established.





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"Imprinting" Quotes from Famous Books



... she said, holding out a hand each to Primrose and Daisy, but imprinting a kiss on her favorite Jasmine's brow, "my dears—Oh, of course, I am still very angry! I see, too, that you are at that horrid packing; but if you must go, there is a Mrs. Moore—such a good soul, a widow, and quite a lady—indeed, I may say highly connected. ...
— The Palace Beautiful - A Story for Girls • L. T. Meade
... He obeyed unhesitatingly, imprinting a caress on his dead wife's forehead with no kind of emotion, and so left the room, muttering vaguely certain indistinct and incoherent syllables, in which the words "Nina" and "Bargrave" ...
— M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." • G.J. Whyte-Melville


Words linked to "Imprinting" :   learning, imprint, acquisition


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