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Webster 1913 Edition
Imprimatur
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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.
A license to print a book, &c.
Definition 2024
imprimatur
imprimatur
See also: imprimátur
English
Noun
imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)
- (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
- 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:
- (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.
- 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, :
Translations
official license to publish
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any mark of official approval
French
Etymology
From Latin imprimatur (“let it be printed”)
Noun
imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)
- imprimatur
- Donner son imprimatur.