Definition of impress
- v. t. - To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark
by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the
impression).
- v. t. - To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.;
to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
- v. t. - Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
- n. - To take by force for public service; as, to impress
sailors or money.
- v. i. - To be impressed; to rest.
- n. - The act of impressing or making.
- n. - 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.
- n. - Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
- n. - A device. See Impresa.
- n. - The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public
service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.