Verb

1. To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably

   You impressed me with your command of Urdu.

2. To produce a vivid impression of (something)

   That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.

3. To mark or stamp (something) using pressure

   We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

4. To compel (someone) to serve in a military force

   The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.

5. To seize or confiscate (property) by force

   The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.

6. To make an impression, to be impressive

   Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

Synonyms

• (affect (someone) strongly and often favourably): make an impression on
• (produce a vivid impression of):
• (mark or stamp (something) using pressure): imprint, print, stamp
• (compel (someone) to serve in a military force): pressgang
• (seize or confiscate (property) by force): confiscate, impound, seize, sequester

Noun

1. The act of impressing
2. An impression, and impressed image or copy of something
   • 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans’, Norton 2005, p. 1330:

     We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held [...].

3. A stamp or seal used to make an impression
4. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
   • 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:

     Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible [...].