impress
/ˈɪmpɹɛs/ noun C2- The act of impressing.
- An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
- A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
- An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
- Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
- A heraldic device; an impresa.
- The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Plural impresses
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We know that you were pressed for money; that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held; and that you entered into a correspondence with Oberstein, who answered your letters through the advertisement columns of the Daily Telegraph.
Marilla told Matthew the whole story, taking pains to impress him with a due sense of the enormity of Anne’s behavior.
I have found it wise to impress clients with a sense of power, and so I gave him some of my conclusions.
I knew already that Sir Charles Baskerville had made Stapleton his almoner upon several occasions, so the lady’s statement bore the impress of truth upon it.
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