What Does Imprinted Mean?

In psychology and ethology, imprinting is any kind of phase-sensitive learning that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behaviour.

What does imprinted mean in Twilight?

Imprinting is the involuntary mechanism by which Quileute shape-shifters find their soulmates. It is a profound, intimate phenomenon that exists among the Quileute shape-shifters.

What does Jacob imprint on Renesmee mean?

By imprinting on Renesmee, Jacob's werewolves can't harm her, and following the above-mentioned stages of imprinting, Jacob would first act as an older brother to Renesmee until she grew up – which wasn't going to take long given her hybrid nature, which makes her age more quickly.