Open English Wordnet
Nouns
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(v)affect, impress, move, strikehave an emotional or cognitive impact upon“This child impressed me as unusually mature”,
“This behavior struck me as odd”,
“he was dumb-struck by the news”,
“her comments struck a sour note” (v)impressimpress positively“The young chess player impressed her audience” (v)impress, ingrain, instillproduce or try to produce a vivid impression of“Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us” (v)impress, imprintmark or stamp with or as if with pressure“To make a batik, you impress a design with wax” (v)shanghai, impresstake (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship“The men were shanghaied after being drugged”