IMPRESS

I. verb see: press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to apply with pressure so as to imprint, to produce (as a mark) by pressure, to mark by or as if by pressure or stamping, 2. to produce a vivid ~ion of, to affect especially forcibly or deeply ; gain the admiration or interest of , transfer , transmit , intransitive verb to produce an ~ion, see: affect ~ibility noun ~ible adjective II. noun Date: 1590 a characteristic or distinctive mark ; stamp , ~ion , effect , the act of ~ing, 4. a mark made by pressure ; imprint , an image of something formed by or as if by pressure, a product of pressure or influence, III. transitive verb Etymology: 2in- + 3press Date: 1596 to levy or take by force for public service, 2. to procure or enlist by forcible persuasion, force , IV. noun Date: 1602 ~ment