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.