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impress verb (impressed, impressing) 1 to produce a strong, lasting, and usually favourable impression on someone • You impressed my family with your knowledge • He was dressed to impress. 2 (especially impress something on or upon someone) to make it very clear or emphasize it to them • I impressed on them the need for silence. 3 to make or stamp (a mark, pattern, etc) on something by applying pressure. 4 (often impress something on or upon someone) to fix (a fact, belief, etc) firmly or deeply in their mind or memory • He impressed his socialist values on me. noun 1 the act or process of impressing. 2 something (eg a mark or impression) made by impressing or by being impressed. impressible adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin imprimere, impressum to press into or on.