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Impress
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
(2):
(n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
(3):
(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).
(4):
(n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
(5):
(v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
(6):
(n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
(7):
(v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.
(8):
(n.) A device. See Impresa.
(9):
(n.) The act of impressing or making.
(10):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Impress'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/impress.html. 1828.
