[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impresa \impre"sa\ -empr=a"s.a, n. it. see emprise,
   and cf. impress, n., 4. her.
   a device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the
   like. written also imprese and impress.
   1913 webster

         my impresa to your lordship; a swain
         flying to a laurel for shelter.          --j. webster.
   1913 webster
see also:
emprise impress imprese impress 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impress \impress"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. impressed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. impressing. l. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to
   impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. see press to
   squeeze, and cf. imprint.
   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.
      1913 webster

            his heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
      imprint a mark or figure upon something.
      1913 webster

   3. fig.: to fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
      the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
      1913 webster

            impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
            hearts till we feel the force of them. --i. watts.
      1913 webster

   4. see imprest, impress, n., 5. to take by force for
      public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
      1913 webster

            the second five thousand pounds impressed for the
            service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --evelyn.
      1913 webster
see also:
impressed impressing press imprint imprest impress 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impress \impress"\, v. i.
   to be impressed; to rest. obs.
   1913 webster

         such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impress \im"press\, n.; pl. impresses.
   1. the act of impressing or making.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            the impresses of the insides of these shells.
                                                  --woodward.
      1913 webster

            this weak impress of love is as a figure
            trenched in ice.                      --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --south.
      1913 webster

   4. a device. see impresa. --cussans.
      1913 webster

            to describe . . . emblazoned shields,
            impresses quaint.                     --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. see imprest, press to force into service. the act of
      impressing, or taking by force for the public service;
      compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
      1913 webster

            why such impress of shipwrights?      --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
impresses impresa imprest press impress gang press gang 
impress money 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

377 moby thesaurus words for "impress":
   ditto copy, photostat, xerox, xerox copy, abduce, abduct, affect,
   alveolation, alveolus, annex, aquatint, aroma, arrest the thoughts,
   attach, attribute, autolithograph, backlash, backwash, badge,
   beat into, bed, blaze a trail, blemish, block, block print, blotch,
   boss, brainwash, brand, bring home to, bring into play, bring out,
   bump, cachet, call up, carry, carry away, carry off, cast,
   catch the thoughts, catechize, chalk, chalk up, character,
   characteristic, check, check off, chromolithograph, cicatrize,
   clout, collectivize, colophon, color print, come home to,
   commandeer, communalize, communize, concavity, condition,
   configuration, confirm, confiscate, conscript, contact print,
   convert to use, convexity, copperplate, copperplate print,
   crayon engraving, crimp, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dapple,
   dash, deep-dye, define, delimit, demarcate, dent, depress, detach,
   detach for service, differentia, differential, dimple, dint,
   discolor, distinctive feature, distrain, dot, draft, drive,
   earmark, electrify, embed, emboss, embossment, emphasize, engraft,
   engrave, engravement, engraving, enlargement, enlist,
   enlist into service, enroll, enthuse, entrench, establish, etch,
   etching, excite, excrescence, expropriate, fall back upon, feature,
   figure, fingerprint, fix, flavor, fleck, footmark, footprint,
   footstep, force, fossil footprint, found, freckle, furrow,
   galvanize, garnish, gash, get, get out, gouge, grab, graphotype,
   grave, ground, gust, hallmark, hammer, hatch, have recourse to,
   hectograph, hectograph copy, hit, hit the mark, hold for ransom,
   honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, imbue,
   impact, implant, impound, impregnate, impress forcibly, impression,
   imprint, inculcate, indent, indentation, indention, indenture,
   index, individualism, indoctrinate, induct, infix, influence,
   infuse, ingrain, inoculate, inscribe, inspire, instill, issue, jam,
   join, keynote, kidnap, letterpress, levy, line, lineaments,
   linoleum-block print, list, lithograph, lodge, look to, lump,
   mackle, make a mark, make an impression, mannerism, mark, mark off,
   mark out, marking, mezzotint, mimeograph, mimeograph copy,
   mobilize, mold, mottle, move, multigraph, muster, muster in,
   nationalize, nature, negative, nick, notch, odor, offcut, offprint,
   offset, overprint, pack, pad, particularity, paw print, pawmark,
   peculiarity, pencil, pepper, persuade, photocopy, photograph,
   photostatic copy, pimple, pique, pit, plant, pock, pockmark, point,
   positive, pound, press, press in, prick, print, program, proof,
   property, prove, provoke, publish, pug, pugmark, pull,
   pull a proof, punch, punch in, punctuate, puncture,
   put in requisition, put out, put to bed, put to press, quality,
   quirk, raise, reach, reaction, recess, recoil, recruit, recur to,
   refer to, reflex, reissue, repercussion, replevin, replevy,
   reprint, resort to, response, revert to, riddle, rock, root,
   rubber-block print, run, run away with, run off, savor, scar,
   scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, sequester,
   sequestrate, set, set back, set in, setoff, settle, shanghai,
   shape, sigil, sign on, sign up, signet, singularity, sink in,
   skyjack, smack, smite, snatch, socialize, specialty, speck,
   speckle, spirit away, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stat, step,
   stereotype, stigmatize, stimulate, stir, streak, stress, striate,
   strike, strike hard, strike home, stripe, stud, summon,
   sunken part, sway, taint, take to, tamp, tang, taste, tattoo, tell,
   thrill, thumbmark, thumbprint, tick, tick off, token, touch, trace,
   trait, traumatize, trick, turn to, turn to use, underline,
   underscore, urge, vestige, vignette, wedge, wood engraving,
   woodblock, woodcut, woodprint, xylograph

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