In the Twilight series what does imprinting mean?

Question

Details please, I forgot and I don't know what book to look in to find out.

Answer 1

ha

i asked the same ? yesterday

confusing, huh?

Answer 2

it basically means finding the soulmate. Sam was in a very serious relationship with leah but wen he met emily he realized that she was his soulmate n not leah. so he imprinted on her. they cannot control who they imprint on. it just happens. if jacob could have had his way he would have imprinted on bella but it didnt happen n to his surprise...n delight he imprinted on her daughter instead. lol =p. hope this helps

Answer 3

It happens when a werewolf sees a girl, and it isn't love at first sight exactly, it's not romantic, but when they imprint on a girl it's like she's the thing holding them down, not gravity, and they love her so much and are completely devoted and can't live without her.

Answer 4

Imprinting is actually a real thing that animals do.  They choose a mate that is the best pick, aka the best traits and such to carry on the male's genes, to mate with.

In Twilight it's not exactly love at first sight because of Quil and baby Claire but it's when you see the person you'll be with for the rest of your life and know they're the one, no matter what age.

Answer 5

Imprinting is basically love at first sight except stronger. It's like you would do anything for that person to make them happy. once you've seen the there the only one for you and you almost don't even see anyone else, it's just them and only them.

Answer 6

Well it has something to do with the werewolfs and like finding there mate or something. Like When they find that person(which i guess that they will just know when they see that person that thats there soul mate) then they imprint on them which would mean that thats the person they cant live without and that they want to be with.

haha i hope that made sence. Its kinda hard to explain.  

Answer 7

Well I'm reading a different book, but imprinting has the same meaning in most vampire books. Right now I'm reading "Betrayed by P.C & Kristin Cast. The meaning in their book is: When a vampire/fledgling feeds from a human, sometimes imprenting occurs. Imprinting is a strong physical as well as emotional connection, in my book, it says that with some cases, you can mentally call the person you've imprinted with, and you can feel what they're feeling, or know when they're in trouble.

Answer 8

the wolf sees the girl, and knows its their true love

Answer 9

kind of like, getting hit by cupid's arrow.

it's explained in eclipse i think.  

Answer 10

umm it means love at first sight in a way just stronger  

Answer 11

imprinting is a special ability that only werewolves can do. its very hard to explain, but here is the best i can do:

when they imprint, its kinda like your choosing your soul mate for life, and you and that person seriously have no other choice but to be together. its so strong that it is completely impossible to be in love with someone else romantically and be away from the person you imprinted on. its like someone that your werewolf destiny has chosen for you. then when they day comes when you imprint, its like something is dragging you or compelling you to go where that person is, then you imprint on them. and when you imrpint, all the romantic feelings and love you have for someone completely washes away, and you can only love the person that you imprinted on. read the last page of the book of jacob to see how imptinting feels like. so when jacob imprinted on Nessie its like his romantic love he had for bella went away and he could only love her as a friend from then on. this is a summary of how Jacob said imprinting on Nessie felt like:

all the lines that were holding me to my life were sliced apart, everything that made me who i was drifted away like the love for Bella, the love for my father, my loyalty to my pack, the love for my brothers, the hatred for my enemies, my home, my name, myself, disconnected from me in that second and floated into space. a million new strings, but not just stings, but steel cables tying me to one thing, to the very center of the universe, which swirled around one point, the one point that tied me to the place where i stood, not gravity, but Renesmee.

Answer 12

like finding your soulmate, your reason for existing, the one who keeps you "grounded" and attatched to life, when all the other strings get cut and everything else is meaningless, everything and everyone pales by comparison to this one person who is so perfect for you

Answer 13

it is like love form first sight for werewolves only it's wayy much powerful.... it's like once u look at that person's eyes u are bound to him with ties that can't be broken deep love that can't be over come ... like knowing the one you'll be sharing the rest of ur life with once u look in their eyes.

okay so it was in book eclipse explained by jacob and he said it was something u can't expect like it doesn't matter the age it might be so different but it binds the two people and even if one of them had a girlfriend or something they'd leave him or her quick with no looking back ( like with sam and emily, he left his girlfriend leah for emily)

do u wanna know who imprinted on who in the whole saga?!! haha

hope i helped

Answer 14

when you find the one for you the one that you will spend the rest of ur life with!!

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