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US
/ˈɪmˌpɹɛs, ˌɪmˈpɹɛs/
]
NOUN
- the act of coercing someone into government service
VERB
- dye (fabric) before it is spun
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take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
The men were shanghaied after being drugged -
impress positively
The young chess player impressed her audience - reproduce by printing
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mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax -
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
This child impressed me as unusually mature
This behavior struck me as odd
her comments struck a sour note
he was dumb-struck by the news -
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
How To Use impress In A Sentence
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- Of these the Norfolk Democrat and Suffolk Punch, both printed and carrying advertisements, were particularly impressive.
- Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
- As soon as Christ was alone with his disciples he gave them a description of those desolations which is recorded in the following chapter, and is so plain, and made such an impression on the Sermons on Various Important Subjects
- Metal, paper and chemical makers were among the leading gainers, helping blue chips to an impressive advance.
- The impression of warmth and comfort and beauty predominated, though he was unable to analyze it; while the simplicity delighted him -- expensive simplicity, he decided, and most of it leftovers from the time her father went broke and died. Chapter XVIII
- Not sure I can visualise the little carts – but the multitude of vibrant flowers described with intense joy opened a triumphal way to the vision of that extraordinary gypsy lady whose beauty and style impressed you so much. Gens du voyage - French Word-A-Day
- National Provisions Company, and went out preaching fiat money and a subtreasury for the farmers 'crops, trusting to God and the flower garden about his little white house, to keep the family alive -- it is odd that Jeanette's childish impression was that General Ward was a man of consequence in the world. A Certain Rich Man
- -- But I had the impression that the author of the Spectator was afflicted with a dropsy, or some such inflated malady, to which persons of sedentary and bibacious habits are liable. The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
- Xmas hurtles at us like a skateboarding troll trundling downhill - it's big, impressive, but to be viewed with a certain trepidation by those in its path. Toys R Us - Military Sword & Sorcery is coming ("#### Harry Potter! Daddy, where's my axe?")
