Definition for
impress
noun – A mark or indentation made by pressure; the figure or image of anything imparted by pressure, or as if by pressure; stamp; impression; hence, any distinguishing form or character.
noun – Semblance; appearance.
– To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; take into service by compulsion, as nurses during an epidemic.
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To seize; take for public use: as, to
noun – Impressment.
– To press upon or against; stamp in; mark by pressure; make an impression upon.
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Hence To affect forcibly, as the mind or some one of its faculties; produce a mental effect upon: as, to
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