資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Print \Print\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Printed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Printing}.] [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See {Imprint}, and {Press}
   to squeeze.]
   1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea,
      etc., into or upon something.

            A look will print a thought that never may remove.
                                                  --Surrey.

            Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in
            that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir
                                                  John Beaumont.

            Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
                                                  --Roscommon.

   2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or
      mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

            Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That
            scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. --Dryden.

   3. Specifically: 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.

   4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as,
      to print calico.

   5. (Photog.) 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.

   {Printed goods}, textile fabrics printed in patterns,
      especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.