Impress

Verb

 * 1)  To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably
 * You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
 * 1)  To produce a vivid impression of (something)
 * That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.
 * 1)  To mark or stamp (something) using pressure
 * We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
 * 1)  To compel (someone) to serve in a military force
 * The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.
 * 1)  To seize or confiscate (property) by force
 * The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.
 * 1)  To make an impression, to be impressive
 * Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

Synonyms

 * (affect (someone) strongly and often favourably): make an impression on
 * (produce a vivid impression of):
 * (mark or stamp (something) using pressure): imprint, print, stamp
 * (compel (someone) to serve in a military force): pressgang
 * (seize or confiscate (property) by force): confiscate, impound, seize, sequester

Noun

 * 1) The act of impressing
 * 2) An impression, and impressed image or copy of something
 * 3) * 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans’, Norton 2005, p. 1330:
 * We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held [...].
 * 1) A stamp or seal used to make an impression
 * 2) An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
 * 3) * 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:
 * Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible [...].

Adverbs for Impress
deeply; immensely; tremendously; vividly; profoundly; indelibly; forcibly; pitilessly; unduly; disagreeably; strikingly; palpably; vehemently; painfully; emotionally; humorously; solemnly; mysteriously; charmingly; austerely; superficially; fraudulently; spiritually; permanently.

Thesaurus
Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abduce, abduct, affect, alveolation, alveolus, annex, aquatint, aroma, arrest the thoughts, attach, attribute, autolithograph, backlash, backwash, badge, beat into, bed, blaze a trail, blemish, block, block print, blotch, boss, brainwash, brand, bring home to, bring into play, bring out, bump, cachet, call up, carry, carry away, carry off, cast, catch the thoughts, catechize, chalk, chalk up, character, characteristic, check, check off, chromolithograph, cicatrize, clout, collectivize, colophon, color print, come home to, commandeer, communalize, communize, concavity, condition, configuration, confirm, confiscate, conscript, contact print, convert to use, convexity, copperplate, copperplate print, crayon engraving, crimp, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dapple, dash, deep-dye, define, delimit, demarcate, dent, depress, detach, detach for service, differentia, differential, dimple, dint, discolor, distinctive feature, distrain, dot, draft, drive, earmark, electrify, embed, emboss, embossment, emphasize, engraft, engrave, engravement, engraving, enlargement, enlist, enlist into service, enroll, enthuse, entrench, establish, etch, etching, excite, excrescence, expropriate, fall back upon, feature, figure, fingerprint, fix, flavor, fleck, footmark, footprint, footstep, force, fossil footprint, found, freckle, furrow, galvanize, garnish, gash, get, get out, gouge, grab, graphotype, grave, ground, gust, hallmark, hammer, hatch, have recourse to, hectograph, hectograph copy, hit, hit the mark, hold for ransom, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, imbue, impact, implant, impound, impregnate, impress forcibly, impression, imprint, inculcate, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, index, individualism, indoctrinate, induct, infix, influence, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, inscribe, inspire, instill, issue, jam, join, keynote, kidnap, letterpress, levy, line, lineaments, linoleum-block print, list, lithograph, lodge, look to, lump, mackle, make a mark, make an impression, mannerism, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mezzotint, mimeograph, mimeograph copy, mobilize, mold, mottle, move, multigraph, muster, muster in, nationalize, nature, negative, nick, notch, odor, offcut, offprint, offset, overprint, pack, pad, particularity, paw print, pawmark, peculiarity, pencil, pepper, persuade, photocopy, photograph, photostatic copy, pimple, pique, pit, plant, pock, pockmark, point, positive, pound, press, press in, prick, print, program, proof, property, prove, provoke, publish, pug, pugmark, pull, pull a proof, punch, punch in, punctuate, puncture, put in requisition, put out, put to bed, put to press, quality, quirk, raise, reach, reaction, recess, recoil, recruit, recur to, refer to, reflex, reissue, repercussion, replevin, replevy, reprint, resort to, response, revert to, riddle, rock, root, rubber-block print, run, run away with, run off, savor, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, sequester, sequestrate, set, set back, set in, setoff, settle, shanghai, shape, sigil, sign on, sign up, signet, singularity, sink in, skyjack, smack, smite, snatch, socialize, specialty, speck, speckle, spirit away, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stat, step, stereotype, stigmatize, stimulate, stir, streak, stress, striate, strike, strike hard, strike home, stripe, stud, summon, sunken part, sway, taint, take to, tamp, tang, taste, tattoo, tell, thrill, thumbmark, thumbprint, tick, tick off, token, touch, trace, trait, traumatize, trick, turn to, turn to use, underline, underscore, urge, vestige, vignette, wedge, wood engraving, woodblock, woodcut, woodprint, xylograph

Etymology
From impressen: <  empresser: <  imprimere: < in: + premere:.

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Noun

 * Russian: оттиск

Related terms

 * impressed
 * impression
 * impressive
 * impressively

Anagrams

 * mispers
 * permiss
 * premiss
 * simpers