Impress

v. t.	1.	To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression). [imp. & p. p. Impressed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impressing.] His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed. - Shak.
	2.	To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
	3.	To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them. - I. Watts.
	4.	To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. - Evelyn.
v. i.	1.	To be impressed; to rest. Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. - Chaucer.
n.	1.	The act of impressing or making.
	2.	A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence. The impresses of the insides of these shells. - Woodward. This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice. - Shak.
	3.	Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
	4.	A device. See Impresa. To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint. - Milton.
	5.	The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. Why such impress of shipwrights? - Shak. Impress gang a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. Impress money a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

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

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