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Adjective: impressed  `im'prest
  1. Deeply or markedly affected or influenced
Verb: impress  im'pres
  1. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
    "This child impressed me as unusually mature"
    - affect, move, strike
     
  2. Impress positively
    "The young chess player impressed her audience"
     
  3. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
    - ingrain, instill
     
  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 his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
    - shanghai
     
  7. Dye (fabric) before it is spun
    - yarn-dye

See also: affected, impressible, impression, impressive, impressment

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

Encyclopedia: Impress

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