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impress

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛs/

The English word “impress” has 17 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
  2. To make an impression; to be impressive; to arouse interest or favor.
  3. To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
  4. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
  5. To produce a vivid impression of (something); to convince someone of one's nature.
  6. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to cause someone to understand and accept something.
  7. To transfer or transmit.
  8. To transfer voltage onto metalwork through induced or capacitative processes.
  9. To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
  10. To seize or confiscate (property) by force, especially for military use.

noun

  1. The act of impressing.
  2. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
  3. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
  4. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
  5. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
  6. A heraldic device; an impresa.
  7. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

Etymology

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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