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Webster 1913 Edition


Imprimatur


Imˊpri-ma′tur

,
Noun.
[L., let it be printed.]
1.
(Law)
A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

Webster 1828 Edition


Imprimatur

IMPRIMA'TUR

,
Noun.
[L. let it be printed.]
A license to print a book, &c.

Definition 2024


imprimatur

imprimatur

See also: imprimátur

English

Noun

imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)

  1. (printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
    • 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:
      The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson
  2. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.
    • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, :
      Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.

Translations


Czech

Noun

imprimatur n

  1. imprimatur

French

Etymology

From Latin imprimatur (let it be printed)

Noun

imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)

  1. imprimatur
    Donner son imprimatur.

Latin

Verb

imprimātur

  1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of imprimō