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impress

verb
  1. reproduce by printing
    print
  2. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
    “This child impressed me as unusually mature”
    strike
  3. impress positively
    “The young chess player impressed the audience.”
  4. dye (fabric) before it is spun
  5. produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
    instillingrain
  6. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
    shanghai
  7. mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
    “To make a batik, you impress a design with wax”
noun
  1. the act of coercing someone into government service
    impressment