Thesaurus: impress

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1. 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).
2. v. t. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
3. v. t. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
4. n. To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
5. v. i. To be impressed; to rest.
6. n. The act of impressing or making.
7. 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.
8. n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
9. n. A device. See Impresa.
10. n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
11. n. the act of coercing someone into government service
12. v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon