meaning of impress
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).
2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc. ; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
3. Fig. : To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc. ; to imprint; to inculcate.
4. To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
5. To be impressed; to rest.
6. The act of impressing or making.
7. 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.
8. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
9. A device. See Impresa.
10. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
11. the act of coercing someone into government service
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