to impress
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4.5
- verb
- /ɪmˈprɛs/
:
estampar
- She impressed the shape of her hand into the soft sand to create a lasting memory.
An inch of white impressed like watermarks on cotton rag paper over the pen strokes of residual grass.
- An inch of white impressed like watermarks on cotton rag paper over the pen strokes of residual grass.
- But what ends up happening is that the demiurge looks to the forms and uses the forms by impressing them upon matter.
Examples
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When she pulled it away, there was the pattern of the cord impressed on the clay.
Fiction book (1994) -
The foot and any impressed decorations are added to the bottom of the vessel.
Academic text (2007) -
The appearance of the prototype has been impressed onto the memory of the artist.
Academic text (2006) -
After being impressed, the wax obtains a shape similar to that of the ring.
Academic text (2017) -
Smiths sometimes impress motifs on the blades in order to indicate provenance and quality.
Academic text (2006) -
An inch of white impressed like watermarks on cotton rag paper over the pen strokes of residual grass.
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The artist impressed a beautiful design onto the clay using a distinct pattern.
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The seal of the king was impressed in wax on the official document.
Synonyms
397
1.0
To make text and pictures on paper with a printer
192
1.0
Make a visible line, spot, or sign on a surface
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2.2
To press a design or letters into something with a tool
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6.8
To raise a design on paper or leather by pressing it
12
3.8
To press something so it leaves a mark
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7.7
To write words or names on a surface
To cut a pattern into glass, metal, or wood
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Etymology
Impress originally meant 'press into' and comes from Latin imprimere, made of im- 'into' and press 'push down'. The same root is in press and imprint, so to impress a design is to push a mark into a surface.