Defenition of the word impress
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Defenition of the word impress
- To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This struck me as odd"
- impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"
- the act of coercing someone into government service
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
- make a deep and indelible impression on someone
- dye (fabric) before it is spun
- reproduce by printing
- take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, esp. on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after ebing drugged"
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
- take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
- take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- impress positively
Synonyms for the word impress
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- affect
- impressment
- imprint
- ingrain
- instill
- move
- print
- shanghai
- strike
- yarn-dye
Hyponyms for the word impress
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- alienate
- awaken
- boldface
- boss
- cloud
- cyclostyle
- disturb
- emboss
- engrave
- hit home
- impress
- infect
- ingrain
- instill
- italicise
- italicize
- jar
- letter
- move
- multigraph
- offset
- overprint
- pierce
- prepossess
- print over
- prove
- sadden
- set
- smite
- stamp
- stir
- strike a chord
- strike a note
- strike dumb
- strike home
- surprise
- sweep away
- sweep off
- touch
- trouble
- typeset
- upset
- wow
- zap
Hypernyms for the word impress
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- abduct
- affect
- change surface
- dye
- impress
- kidnap
- move
- nobble
- seizure
- snatch
- strike
- write
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