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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark
by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the
impression). |
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To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.;
to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). |
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Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. |
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To take by force for public service; as, to impress
sailors or money. |
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To be impressed; to rest. |
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The act of impressing or making. |
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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. |
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Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. |
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A device. See Impresa. |
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The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public
service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. |