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| 1. | [ verb ] have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
| Synonyms: | strike move affect | |
| Examples: | "This child impressed me as unusually mature" "This behavior struck me as odd" |
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| Related terms: | surprise disturb touch move sweep_away hit_home awaken pierce sadden jar zap infect smite strike_dumb cloud engrave hit motivate feel | |
| 2. | [ verb ] impress positively | |
| Examples: | "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
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| Related terms: | affect wow prepossess | |
| 3. | [ verb ] produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | |
| Synonyms: | instill ingrain | |
| Examples: | "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
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| Related terms: | affect inculcation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] mark or stamp with or as if with pressure | |
| Synonyms: | imprint | |
| Examples: | "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" |
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| Related terms: | change_surface stamp emboss press | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (nautical) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, esp. on board a ship | |
| Synonyms: | shanghai | |
| Examples: | "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" |
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| Related terms: | kidnap crime shanghaier | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (color) dye (fabric) before it is spun | |
| Synonyms: | yarn-dye | |
| Related terms: | dye | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (printing) reproduce by printing | |
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| Related terms: | write italicize boldface prove letter typeset cyclostyle overprint offset multigraph print printing printer | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (law) the act of coercing someone into government service | |
| Synonyms: | impressment | |
| Related terms: | seizure shanghai | |
| Similar spelling: |
impressed impressive impression impresario imprecise imprecate impure imbrue impureness improve impregnate imprison improver improper Imber |
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