| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | im·press |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-pr s |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
1. To affect strongly, often favorably: wrote down whatever impressed me during the journey; was impressed by the child's sincerity. See synonyms at affect1. 2. To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of: a scene that impressed itself on her memory; impresses the value of money on their children. 3. To mark or stamp with or as if with pressure: impressed a design on the hot wax. 4. To apply with pressure; press. | | NOUN: | (mprs )1. The act of impressing. 2. A mark or pattern produced by or as if by impressing. See synonyms at impression. 3. A stamp or seal meant to be impressed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English impressen, to imprint, from Old French empresser, from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere : in-, in; see in–2 + premere, to press; see per-4 in Appendix I.
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