Impress /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Impressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Impressing

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).

   His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.

2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
3. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

   Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.

4. To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.

   The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners.

1. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]

   Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress.

pl. Impresses

1. The act of impressing or making.
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.

   The impresses of the insides of these shells.

   This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice.

3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
4. A device. See Impresa.

   To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint.

5. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

   Why such impress of shipwrights?