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Impress

ɪmˈprɛs

Impress definitions
verb
impress impressed impresses impressing
  1. make (someone) feel admiration and respect

    "they immediately impressed the judges"

    make an impression on have an impact on influence affect leave a mark on move stir rouse excite inspire galvanize
  2. make a mark or design on (an object) using a stamp or seal

    "the company should impress the cards with a stamp"

    • apply (a mark) to something with pressure

      "Andean cultures used seals to impress designs on pottery"

  3. fix an idea in the mind of (someone)

    "nobody impressed on me the need to save"

    emphasize to stress to bring home to establish in someone's mind fix deeply in someone's mind instil in inculcate in drum into knock into drive into din into ingrain in leave in no doubt
  4. apply (an electric current or potential) from an external source