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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enprent, v. (and p.p.). [ME. enprent (Chaucer), enpreynt, var. of emprent, etc., OF. empreinter. Cf. Emprent and Imprent.] tr. To imprint. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 803.
Thir wichti wordis in to ȝour hert enprent 1492 Myll Spect. 281/18.
My deir sone, … enprent thire sawis of thire haly and wys men in thi mynd c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 442.
Ȝone is a pete to enprent in a princis hert 1513 Doug. iii. iv. 81.
In your brestis enprent My wordis Ib. xiii. iii. 5.
With mekill murnyng in thar myndis enprent