impress

1. To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone). (transitive) · You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
2. To make an impression; to be impressive; to arouse interest or favor. (intransitive, transitive) · Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
3. To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure. (transitive) · We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.· Then he impresses the die into the clay to produce a design on the surface.
4. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). (transitive) · He impressed his signature into the wax.
5. To produce a vivid impression of (something); to convince someone of one's nature. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) · That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.· I will impress the schedule upon her.
6. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to cause someone to understand and accept something. (figuratively, transitive) · You have to impress the new vocabulary into your mind.· She is impressing the rules onto the students.
7. To transfer or transmit. (transitive) · The money was impressed into the hands of the financial ministry.· His actions impress a message of selfishness to us all.
8. To transfer voltage onto metalwork through induced or capacitative processes. (figuratively, transitive) · This process will impress voltage into the metal.

He/she/it impresses · Past impressed · Past participle impressed · -ing form impressing