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im·press1 • v. / imˈpres/ [tr.] 1. make (someone) feel admiration and respect: they immediately impressed the judges | [intr.] he has to put on an act to impress. 2. make a mark or design on (an object) using a stamp or seal; imprint: she impressed the damp clay with her seal. ∎ apply (a mark) to something with pressure: a revenue stamp was embossed or impressed on the instrument. ∎ (impress something on) fig. fix an idea in (someone's mind): nobody impressed on me the need to save. 3. apply (an electric current or potential) from an external source. • n. / ˈimˌpres/ [in sing.] an act of making an impression or mark: bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers. ∎ a mark made by a seal or stamp. ∎ fig. the characteristic mark or quality of a person or attribute: his desire to put his own impress on the films he made. DERIVATIVES: im·press·i·ble adj. im·press2 • v. [tr.] hist. force (someone) to serve in an army or navy: a number of Poles, impressed into the German army. ∎ commandeer (goods or equipment) for public service. DERIVATIVES: im·press·ment n. |
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"impress." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "impress." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-impress.html "impress." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-impress.html |
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impress1 stamp, imprint (a mark, etc.), lit. and fig. XIV (also en-); mark with a stamp XVI; affect strongly XVIII. — OF. em-, impresser, f. EM-1, IM-1 + presser PRESS1 (cf. L. imprimere).
Hence sb. stamp, mark. XVI. So impression effective action, effect XIV; mark produced by pressure XIV; printing XVI; notion impressed on the mind XVII. — (O)F. — L. impressiō, -ōn- onset, attack, emphasis, mental impression, f. impress-, pp. stem of imprimere, f. IM-1 + premere PRESS1. impressionable XIX. — F. impressionist XIX. — F. impressionniste, used in an unfavourable sense with ref. to a picture by Claude Monet entitled Impression. impressive †susceptible XVI; making a deep impression XVIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-impress.html T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-impress.html |
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impress v.
1. force (someone) to serve in an army or navy: a number of Poles, impressed into the German army. 2. commandeer (goods or equipment) for public service. impressment n. |
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"impress." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "impress." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-impress.html "impress." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-impress.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-impress1.html T. F. HOAD. "impress." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-impress1.html |
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impress •acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes
•Jewess • shepherdess • Borges
•battledress • Mudéjares • headdress
•protectress • egress • ingress
•minidress • nightdress • congress
•sundress • procuress • murderess
•letterpress • watercress • shirtdress
•access
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"impress." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "impress." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-impress.html "impress." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-impress.html |
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