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Meaning of impress

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  impress
      n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn:
           {impress}, {impressment}]
      v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
           impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me
           as odd" [syn: {affect}, {impress}, {move}, {strike}]
      2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her
         audience"
      3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
         tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn:
         {impress}, {ingrain}, {instill}]
      4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
         you impress a design with wax" [syn: {impress}, {imprint}]
      5: reproduce by printing [syn: {print}, {impress}]
      6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
         especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
         being drugged" [syn: {shanghai}, {impress}]
      7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: {impress}, {yarn-dye}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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