To make a strong, lasting, and typically favorable impression on
“He would impress me with his extensive knowledge of Thailand, my home country.”
To cause to be amazed or excited
“Although this should be an easy victory for Kaddour, the pressure to impress those at ringside will be great.”
To embed into or within something, sometimes figuratively
“We can impress it deeply into people's minds that they can prevent their own dental disease.”
To instill or inculcate into the mind or consciousness of
“Beyond that, he should impress in his mind the old practices and ways of the warrior clans.”
To stress or emphasize the importance of something
“It was important for us to impress upon him the importance of driving safely.”
To make or put a physical mark or design on (an object)
“The artist could carve an image onto wooden or metal blocks, ink the block, and impress it on paper.”
To compel someone by force to do something
“Maybe they would take him back to prison in England, or impress him into the Navy.”
To influence or induce someone to believe or do something
To induce someone to do something
To appear in one's thoughts
To hold or engage the attention of
To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers
To cause a profound effect
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
To have significance or be influential in a matter or decision
To greatly emphasize a point or issue
To make an impression on a person's mind
To get an enthusiastic reception from
To blemish, scratch, or stain with a mark
To give the impression of being
A mark impressed on a surface or figuratively
“Few men have left so indelible an impress on the public mind.”
A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family
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