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Definition of Impress
Im`press´ | v. t. | 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). | | 2. | To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). | | 3. | To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. | | 4. | To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. | | v. i. | 1. | To be impressed; to rest. | | n. | 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. | | 3. | Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. | | 4. | A device. See Impresa. | | 5. | The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. |
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