print (v.) Copy link Outline I. With type1. *imprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (which however is condemned by Kr. and others)2. expr. by ty̆pis, abl. pl., with various verbsII. To stamp with a pattern • print (v.): I. With type: 1. *imprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (which however is condemned by Kr. and others): of this edition 275 copies were p.d, hujus editionis CCLXXV volumina impressa fuerunt, Drakenb. pref. Sil. Ital.: Ruhnk. (Kr.): so in legal term, imprimatur, licence to print. 2. expr. by ty̆pis, abl. pl., with various verbs: e. g. typis excudere, exscribere, describere, exprimere; which verbs are also used absol.: Orell. pref. Vell. (N.B.--These latter phrr. should be used whenever elegance of expression is an object.) Phr.: I shall be at liberty either to p. or not, erit liberum nobis vel publicare vel continere, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3 (the term to publish being often exact enough for ordinary purposes): to publish a book splendidly p.'d, librum magnificis typis (best add, expressum) in lucem edere, Bentl. (Kr.): the treatise has not yet been p.'d, *libellus nondum prelum exercuit; nondum typis expressus e prelo exiit. II. To stamp with a pattern: Phr.: figuras, formas (linteo, etc.) imprimere; (linteum, etc.) impressis formis pingere (Kr.).