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   Im·press

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel admiration and respect: "they immediately impressed the judges" Similar make an impression onhave an impact oninfluenceaffectleave a mark onmovestirrouseexciteinspiregalvanizedazzleovercomeoverwhelmoverpoweraweoverawetake someone's breath awaytake someone abackamazeastonishfeel admirationfeel respectinformal:grabstick in someone's mindOpposite disappoint
   • 2. make a mark or design on (an object) using a stamp or seal; imprint: "she impressed the damp clay with her seal"
   • ▪ apply (a mark) to something with pressure: "a revenue stamp was embossed or impressed on the instrument" Similar imprintprintstampmarkengravedebossembosspunchetchcarveinscribecutchisel
   • 3. fix an idea in (someone's mind): "nobody impressed on me the need to save" Similar emphasize tostress tobring home toestablish in someone's mindfix deeply in someone's mindinstil ininculcate indrum intoknock intodrive intodin intoingrain inleave in no doubt
   • 4. apply (an electric current or potential) from an external source.

   noun

   • 1. an act of making an impression or mark: "bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers"
   • ▪ a mark made by a seal or stamp.
   • ▪ the characteristic mark or quality of a person or attribute: "his desire to put his own impress on the films he made"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘apply with pressure’): from Old French empresser, from em- ‘in’ + presser ‘to press’, influenced by Latin imprimere (see imprint). impress1 (sense 1 of the verb) dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. impressible adjective

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