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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).
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His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
--Shak.
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2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.
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4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for
public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
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The second five thousand pounds impressed for the
service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
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Impresa \Im*pre"sa\ ([-e]m*pr[=a]"s[.a]), n. [It. See {Emprise},
and cf. {Impress}, n., 4.] (Her.)
A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the
like. [Written also {imprese} and {impress}.]
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My impresa to your lordship; a swain
Flying to a laurel for shelter. --J. Webster.
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Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.
To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
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Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
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Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.
1. The act of impressing or making.
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2. 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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The impresses of the insides of these shells.
--Woodward.
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This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice. --Shak.
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3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.
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4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.
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To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
Impresses quaint. --Milton.
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5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of
impressing, or taking by force for the public service;
compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
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Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak.
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{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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