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Impress

//ɪmˈpɹɛs// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of impressing.
  2. 2
    the act of coercing someone into government service wordnet
  3. 3
    An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.

    "This weak impress of love is as a figure / Trenched in ice."

  4. 4
    A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
  5. 5
    An impression on the mind, imagination etc.

    "Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible […]"

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  1. 6
    Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

    "we have God surveying the works of the creation, and leaving this general impress or character upon them"

  2. 7
    A heraldic device; an impresa.

    "It commonly occurred that Knights who , on entering the Lists , wished to conceal their identity , would assume a Device with an allusive Motto , which was designated an IMPRESS"

  3. 8
    The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

    "Why such impress of shipwrights?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably. transitive

    "You impressed me with your command of Urdu."

  2. 2
    dye (fabric) before it is spun wordnet
  3. 3
    To make an impression, to be impressive. intransitive

    "Henderson impressed in his first game as captain."

  4. 4
    produce or try to produce a vivid impression of wordnet
  5. 5
    To produce a vivid impression of (something). transitive

    "That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind."

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  1. 6
    take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship wordnet
  2. 7
    To mark or stamp (something) using pressure. transitive

    "We impressed our footprints in the wet cement."

  3. 8
    mark or stamp with or as if with pressure wordnet
  4. 9
    To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
  5. 10
    reproduce by printing wordnet
  6. 11
    To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. figuratively

    "impress the motives and methods of persuasion upon our own hearts, till we feel the force and power of them."

  7. 12
    have an emotional or cognitive impact upon wordnet
  8. 13
    To compel (someone) to serve in a military force. transitive

    "The press gang used to impress people into the Navy."

  9. 14
    impress positively wordnet
  10. 15
    To seize or confiscate (property) by force. transitive

    "The liner was impressed as a troop carrier."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).

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