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1. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
   "This child impressed me as unusually mature"
   - affect, move, strike
    
2. Invoke admiration; make a positive impression
   "The young chess player impressed her audience"
    
3. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
   "Mother tried to impress respect for our elders in us"
   - ingrain, instill, engrain
    
4. Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
   "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
   - imprint
    
5. Reproduce by printing
   - print
    
6. Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship
   "The men were impressed after being drugged"
   - shanghai
    
7. Dye (fabric) before it is spun
   - yarn-dye

1. The act of coercing someone into government service
   - impressment

Derived forms: impressed, impresses, impressing

See also: impressible, impression, impressive

Type of: abduct, change surface, dye, kidnap, nobble [Brit], seizure, snatch, write

Encyclopedia: Impress