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IMPRESS', v.t. [L. impressum, from imprimo; in and premo, to press.]

1. To imprint; to stamp; to make a mark or figure on any thing by pressure; as, to impress coin with the figure of a man's head, or with that of any ox or sheep; to impress a figure on wax or clay.

2. To print, as books.

3. To mark; to indent.

4. To fix deep; as, to impress truth on the mind, or facts on the memory. Hence, to convict of sin.

5. To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; to seize and take into service by compulsion, as nurses in sickness. In this sense, we use press or impress indifferently.

6. To seize; to take for public service; as, to impress provisions.


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IMPRESS', v.t. [L. impressum, from imprimo; in and premo, to press.]

1. To imprint; to stamp; to make a mark or figure on any thing by pressure; as, to impress coin with the figure of a man's head, or with that of any ox or sheep; to impress a figure on wax or clay.

2. To print, as books.

3. To mark; to indent.

4. To fix deep; as, to impress truth on the mind, or facts on the memory. Hence, to convict of sin.

5. To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; to seize and take into service by compulsion, as nurses in sickness. In this sense, we use press or impress indifferently.

6. To seize; to take for public service; as, to impress provisions.

IM'PRESS, n.

  1. A mark or indentation, made by pressure.
  2. The figure or image of any thing made by pressure; stamp; likeness.
  3. Mark of distinction; stamp; character. God leaves us this general impress or character on the works of creation, that they were very good. South.
  4. Device; motto. To describe emblazoned shields, / Impresses quaint. Milton.
  5. The act of compelling to enter into public service. [See Press.] Shak.

IM-PRESS', v.t. [L. impressum, from imprimo; in and premo, to press.]

  1. To imprint; to stamp; to make a mark or figure on any thing by pressure; as, to impress coin with the figure of a man's head, or with that of an ox or sheep; to impress a figure on wax or clay.
  2. To print, as books.
  3. To mark; to indent.
  4. To fix deep; as, to impress truth on the mind, or facts on the memory. Hence, to convict of sin.
  5. To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; to seize and take into service by compulsion, as nurses in sickness. In this sense, we use press or impress indifferently.
  6. To seize; to take for public service; as, to impress provisions. Marshall.

Im*press"
  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 be impressed; to rest.

    [Obs.]

    Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. Chaucer.

  3. The act of impressing or making.
  4. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
  5. 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.

    The impresses of the insides of these shells. Woodward.

    This weak impress of love is as a figure
    Trenched in ice.     Shak.

  6. 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.

  7. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

    South.
  8. 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.

  9. A device. See Impresa.

    Cussans.

    To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
    Impresses quaint.     Milton.

  10. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

    Why such impress of shipwrights? Shak.

    Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. -- Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

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Impress

IMPRESS', verb transitive [Latin impressum, from imprimo; in and premo, to press.]

1. To imprint; to stamp; to make a mark or figure on any thing by pressure; as, to impress coin with the figure of a man's head, or with that of any ox or sheep; to impress a figure on wax or clay.

2. To print, as books.

3. To mark; to indent.

4. To fix deep; as, to impress truth on the mind, or facts on the memory. Hence, to convict of sin.

5. To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; to seize and take into service by compulsion, as nurses in sickness. In this sense, we use press or impress indifferently.

6. To seize; to take for public service; as, to impress provisions.

IM'PRESS, noun A mark or indentation, made by pressure.

1. The figure or image of any thing made by pressure; stamp; likeness.

2. Mark of distinction; stamp; character.

God leaves us this general impress or character on the works of creation, that they were very good.

3. Device; motto.

To describe emblazoned shields,

IMPRESSes quaint--

4. The act of compelling to enter public service. [See Press.]

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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