Impress

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impress
       n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {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}, {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: {ingrain},
           {instill}]
       4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
          you impress a design with wax" [syn: {imprint}]
       5: reproduce by printing [syn: {print}]
       6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
          especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
          being drugged" [syn: {shanghai}]
       7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: {yarn-dye}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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