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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.] 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). [1913 Webster] His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. [1913 Webster] Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. [1913 Webster] The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Impresa \Im*pre"sa\ ([-e]m*pr[=a]"s[.a]), n. [It. See {Emprise}, and cf. {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.] [1913 Webster] My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Impress \Im*press"\, v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}. 1. The act of impressing or making. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] The impresses of the insides of these shells. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South. [1913 Webster] 4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans. [1913 Webster] To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. [1913 Webster] Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a {press gang}. {Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: impress n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impress}, {impressment}] v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: {affect}, {impress}, {move}, {strike}] 2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience" 3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn: {impress}, {ingrain}, {instill}] 4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}, {imprint}] 5: reproduce by printing [syn: {print}, {impress}] 6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" [syn: {shanghai}, {impress}] 7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: {impress}, {yarn-dye}]