Impress

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[编辑] 解释

I. verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere, from in- + premere to press — more at press
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
- 1.
  - a. to apply with pressure so as to imprint
  - b. to produce (as a mark) by pressure
  - c. to mark by or as if by pressure or stamping
- 2.
  - a. to produce a vivid impression of
  - b. to affect especially forcibly or deeply ; gain the admiration or interest of <her honesty impressed us>
- 3. transfer, transmit
intransitive verb
- to produce an impression
Synonyms: see affect
? impressibility noun
? impressible adjective

II. noun

Date: 1590
1. a characteristic or distinctive mark ; stamp <the impress of a fresh and vital intelligence is stamped…in his work — Lytton Strachey>
2. impression, effect <have an impress on history>
3. the act of impressing
4.
- a. a mark made by pressure ; imprint
- b. an image of something formed by or as if by pressure; especially seal
- c. a product of pressure or influence

III. transitive verb

Etymology: ［sup］2［/sup］in- + ［sup］3［/sup］press
Date: 1596
1. to levy or take by force for public service; especially to force into naval service
2.
- a. to procure or enlist by forcible persuasion
- b. force <impressed him into a white coat for the Christmas festivities — Nancy Hale>

IV. noun