noun.
A mark or indentation made by pressure; the figure or image of anything imparted by pressure, or as if by pressure; stamp; impression; hence, any distinguishing form or character.
noun.
Semblance; appearance.
noun.
Impressment.
To press upon or against; stamp in; mark by pressure; make an impression upon.
Hence To affect forcibly, as the mind or some one of its faculties; produce a mental effect upon: as, to impress the memory or imagination; the matter impressed him favorably.
To produce or fix by pressure, or as if by pressure; make an impression of; imprint, literally or figuratively: as, to impress figures on coins or plate; to impress an image on the memory.
Hence To stamp deeply on the mind; fix by inculcation.
To be stamped or impressed; fix itself.
noun.
See imprese.
In electricity, to apply electromotive force to (a circuit) from some outside source or to create difference of potential in (a conductor).
To compel to enter into public service, as seamen; take into service by compulsion, as nurses during an epidemic.
To seize; take for public use: as, to impress provisions.