[syn: impress, yarn-dye]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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).
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His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
--Shak.
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2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.
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4. [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.] To take by force for
public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
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The second five thousand pounds impressed for the
service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impresa \Im*pre"sa\ ([-e]m*pr[=a]"s[.a]), n. [It. See Emprise,
and cf. Impress, n., 4.] (Her.)
A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the
like. [Written also imprese and impress.]
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My impresa to your lordship; a swain
Flying to a laurel for shelter. --J. Webster.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.
To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
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Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. Impresses.
1. The act of impressing or making.
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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.
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The impresses of the insides of these shells.
--Woodward.
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This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice. --Shak.
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3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.
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4. A device. See Impresa. --Cussans.
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To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
Impresses quaint. --Milton.
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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.
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Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impress
n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn:
impress, impressment]
v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me
as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike]
2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her
audience"
3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn:
impress, ingrain, instill]
4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]
5: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress]
6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]
7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: impress, yarn-dye]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
377 Moby Thesaurus words for "impress":
Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abduce, abduct, affect,
alveolation, alveolus, annex, aquatint, aroma, arrest the thoughts,
attach, attribute, autolithograph, backlash, backwash, badge,
beat into, bed, blaze a trail, blemish, block, block print, blotch,
boss, brainwash, brand, bring home to, bring into play, bring out,
bump, cachet, call up, carry, carry away, carry off, cast,
catch the thoughts, catechize, chalk, chalk up, character,
characteristic, check, check off, chromolithograph, cicatrize,
clout, collectivize, colophon, color print, come home to,
commandeer, communalize, communize, concavity, condition,
configuration, confirm, confiscate, conscript, contact print,
convert to use, convexity, copperplate, copperplate print,
crayon engraving, crimp, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dapple,
dash, deep-dye, define, delimit, demarcate, dent, depress, detach,
detach for service, differentia, differential, dimple, dint,
discolor, distinctive feature, distrain, dot, draft, drive,
earmark, electrify, embed, emboss, embossment, emphasize, engraft,
engrave, engravement, engraving, enlargement, enlist,
enlist into service, enroll, enthuse, entrench, establish, etch,
etching, excite, excrescence, expropriate, fall back upon, feature,
figure, fingerprint, fix, flavor, fleck, footmark, footprint,
footstep, force, fossil footprint, found, freckle, furrow,
galvanize, garnish, gash, get, get out, gouge, grab, graphotype,
grave, ground, gust, hallmark, hammer, hatch, have recourse to,
hectograph, hectograph copy, hit, hit the mark, hold for ransom,
honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, imbue,
impact, implant, impound, impregnate, impress forcibly, impression,
imprint, inculcate, indent, indentation, indention, indenture,
index, individualism, indoctrinate, induct, infix, influence,
infuse, ingrain, inoculate, inscribe, inspire, instill, issue, jam,
join, keynote, kidnap, letterpress, levy, line, lineaments,
linoleum-block print, list, lithograph, lodge, look to, lump,
mackle, make a mark, make an impression, mannerism, mark, mark off,
mark out, marking, mezzotint, mimeograph, mimeograph copy,
mobilize, mold, mottle, move, multigraph, muster, muster in,
nationalize, nature, negative, nick, notch, odor, offcut, offprint,
offset, overprint, pack, pad, particularity, paw print, pawmark,
peculiarity, pencil, pepper, persuade, photocopy, photograph,
photostatic copy, pimple, pique, pit, plant, pock, pockmark, point,
positive, pound, press, press in, prick, print, program, proof,
property, prove, provoke, publish, pug, pugmark, pull,
pull a proof, punch, punch in, punctuate, puncture,
put in requisition, put out, put to bed, put to press, quality,
quirk, raise, reach, reaction, recess, recoil, recruit, recur to,
refer to, reflex, reissue, repercussion, replevin, replevy,
reprint, resort to, response, revert to, riddle, rock, root,
rubber-block print, run, run away with, run off, savor, scar,
scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, sequester,
sequestrate, set, set back, set in, setoff, settle, shanghai,
shape, sigil, sign on, sign up, signet, singularity, sink in,
skyjack, smack, smite, snatch, socialize, specialty, speck,
speckle, spirit away, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stat, step,
stereotype, stigmatize, stimulate, stir, streak, stress, striate,
strike, strike hard, strike home, stripe, stud, summon,
sunken part, sway, taint, take to, tamp, tang, taste, tattoo, tell,
thrill, thumbmark, thumbprint, tick, tick off, token, touch, trace,
trait, traumatize, trick, turn to, turn to use, underline,
underscore, urge, vestige, vignette, wedge, wood engraving,
woodblock, woodcut, woodprint, xylograph