1. [verb] (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
2. [verb] (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
3. [verb] (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
4. [verb] (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
5. [verb] To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
6. [verb] (figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
7. [verb] (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
8. [verb] (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
9. [noun] The act of impressing.
10. [noun] An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
11. [noun] A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
12. [noun] An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
13. [noun] Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
14. [noun] A heraldic device; an impresa.
15. [noun] The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
16. [noun] The act of coercing someone into government service.
17. [verb] Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; 'This child impressed me as unusually mature'; 'This behavior struck me as odd'.
18. [verb] Impress positively; 'The young chess player impressed her audience'.
19. [verb] Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; 'Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us'.
20. [verb] Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; 'To make a batik, you impress a design with wax'.
21. [verb] Reproduce by printing.
22. [verb] Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; 'The men were shanghaied after being drugged'.
23. [verb] Dye (fabric) before it is spun.
