imprest

[im-prest]

im·prest

1[im-prest]
noun
an advance of money; loan.

Origin:
1560–70; probably noun use of obsolete v. imprest to advance money to < Italian imprestare < Latin im- im-1 + praestāre to be responsible for (prae- pre- + stāre to stand, influenced in sense by praes, stem praed- guarantor, one acting as surety

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im·prest

2[im-prest]
verb Archaic.
simple past tense and past participle of impress.

im·press

1[v. im-pres; n. im-pres] verb, im·pressed or (Archaic) im·prest; im·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.
EXPAND
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.
COLLAPSE
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.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin impressus past participle of imprimere to press into or upon, impress, equivalent to im- im-1 + pressus past participle of premere (combining form -primere) to press1; see print

im·press·er, noun


1. move, sway, disturb; persuade.

im·press

2[v. im-pres; n. im-pres] verb, im·pressed or (Archaic) im·prest; im·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

Origin:
1590–1600; im-1 + press2
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imprest (ɪmˈprɛst)
 
n
1.  a fund of cash from which a department or other unit pays incidental expenses, topped up periodically from central funds
2.  chiefly (Brit) an advance from government funds for the performance of some public business or service
3.  (Brit) (formerly) an advance payment of wages to a sailor or soldier
 
[C16: probably from Italian imprestare to lend, from Latin in- towards + praestāre to pay, from praestō at hand; see presto]

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