Definition of Impress
Verb: impress im'pres
- Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature";
- affect, move, strike
- Invoke admiration; make a positive impression
"The young chess player impressed her audience"
- Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
"Mother tried to impress respect for our elders in us";
- ingrain, instill, engrain
- Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax";
- imprint
- Reproduce by printing
- print
- (crime) Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship
"The men were impressed after being drugged";
- shanghai
- Dye (fabric) before it is spun
- yarn-dye
- The act of coercing someone into government service
- impressment
Anagrams containing the word impress