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im⋅press
1
[v. im-pres; n. im-pres] 
verb, -pressed or (Archaic
) -prest; -pres⋅sing; noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man. |
| 2. | to fix deeply or firmly on the mind or memory, as ideas or facts: to impress the importance of honesty on a child. |
| 3. | to urge, as something to be remembered or done: She impressed the need for action on them. |
| 4. | to press (a thing) into or on something. |
| 5. | to impose a particular characteristic or quality upon (something): The painter impressed his love of garish colors upon the landscape. |
| 6. | to produce (a mark, figure, etc.) by pressure; stamp; imprint: The king impressed his seal on the melted wax. |
| 7. | to apply with pressure, so as to leave a mark. |
| 8. | to subject to or mark by pressure with something. |
| 9. | to furnish with a mark, figure, etc., by or as if by stamping. |
| 10. | Electricity. to produce (a voltage) or cause (a voltage) to appear or be produced on a conductor, circuit, etc. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to create a favorable impression; draw attention to oneself: a child's behavior intended to impress. |
–noun
| 12. | the act of impressing. |
| 13. | a mark made by or as by pressure; stamp; imprint. |
| 14. | a distinctive character or effect imparted: writings that bear the impress of a strong personality. |
im⋅press
2 [v. im-pres; n. im-pres] verb, -pressed or (Archaic) -prest; -pres⋅sing; noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to press or force into public service, as sailors. |
| 2. | to seize or take for public use. |
| 3. | to take or persuade into service by forceful arguments: The neighbors were impressed into helping the family move. |
–noun
| 4. | impressment. |
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| im·press 1 (ĭm-prěs') tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
[Middle English impressen, to imprint, from Old French empresser, from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere : in-, in; see in-2 + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
| im·press 2 (ĭm-prěs') tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
Impressment. [in-2 + press2 (influenced by obsolete imprest, advance on a soldier's pay).] |
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Impress
Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Impressing.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and cf. Imprint.]1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression). His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. --Shak. 2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). 3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts. 4. [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.] To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.Impress
Im*press"\, v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.] Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.Impress
Im"press\, n.; pl. Impresses. 1. The act of impressing or making. 2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence. The impresses of the insides of these shells. --Woodward. This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice. --Shak. 3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South. 4. A device. See Impresa. --Cussans. To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint. --Milton. 5. [See Imprest, Press to force into service.] 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? --Shak. Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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Language Translation for : impress
Spanish:
impresionar,
German:
beeindrucken,
Japanese:
感銘を与える
impress (v.)
c.1374, "to apply with pressure, make a permanent image in," from L. impressus, pp. of imprimere "press into or upon, stamp," from in- "into" + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Fig. sense of "have a strong effect on the mind or heart" is from 1413. Sense of "to levy for military service" is from 1596, a meaning more from press (v.2). Impressionable formed 1836 on Fr. model, Impressive was originally (1593) "capable of being easily impressed;" sense of "making an impression on the mind or senses" is from 1775.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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