Meaning

• The act of impressing.

• An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.

• A stamp or seal used to make an impression.

• An impression on the mind, imagination etc.

• Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

• A heraldic device; an impresa.

• The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

Meaning

• To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

  "You impressed me with your command of Urdu."

• To make an impression, to be impressive.

  "Henderson impressed in his first game as captain."

• To produce a vivid impression of (something).

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

• To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

  "We impressed our footprints in the wet cement."

• To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

• To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

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

  "The press gang used to impress people into the Navy."

• To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

  "The liner was impressed as a troop carrier."