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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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). His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. --Shak. 2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). 3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them --I. Watts. 4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for public service; as to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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