verb
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To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
example
You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
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To make an impression, to be impressive.
example
Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
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To produce a vivid impression of (something).
example
That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.
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To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
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We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
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To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
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The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.
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To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
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The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.