figurative. With immaterial object: esp. (in modern use) To ‘stamp’ (a character or quality) upon anything. Also reflexive.

transitive. figurative. To stamp, brand, stain; to impress or charge (the soul, etc.) with. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To impress with a particular character or form; to stamp (an impression) upon. Obsolete.

figurative (transferred from 3a and 3b). To impress with some feeling, quality, etc.; also of the quality, To be impressed upon, manifest itself in.

In various uses, originally figurative of senses 4–6. To impress with some permanent and conspicuous characteristic.