impress

Meanings

To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
To make an impression, to be impressive.
To produce a vivid impression of (something).
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

The act of impressing.
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
A heraldic device; an impresa.
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere, from in + premere.

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