v. Also 7–8 instamp. [f. EN-1 + STAMP v.] To stamp, imprint (marks, figures, etc.) on anything. Also fig.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., V. vi. 31. Cunobeline (for so upon his coines his name is instamped). Ibid., V. vi. (1632), 32. Many coynes instamped of him.
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, IV. viii. Wks. III. 135. There must be such a correspondence as is between the character and the letter enstamped.
1653. Gataker, Vind. Annot. Jer., 106. A natural power enstamped on them by God their Creator.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., II. (1852), App. 221. On the other side were enstamped the towers of Zion.
1753. Ess. Celibacy, 79. Nature is a system … instamped with the goodness of the Deity.
1827. Gentl. Mag., XCVII. II. 33. Our Gray had likewise enstamped upon his imagination the forms and shadows of things which are presented to us in this visible creation.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, I. 86. The ploughman … on his cattle hath enstamped the brand.
Hence Enstamped ppl. a.
1597. Daniel, Civ. Wars, VI. xxxvii. Make, that instamped Characters may send Abroad to Thousands, Thousand Men’s Intent.
