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   ‖Impresa , n. [It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress, n., 4.] (Her.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. [Written also imprese and impress.]
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   My impresa to your lordship; a swain
   Flying to a laurel for shelter.
   J. Webster.
   
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   Impress , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impressed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impressing.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and cf. Imprint.]
   To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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   His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
   Shak.
   
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   To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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   Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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   Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.
   I. Watts.
   
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   [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.] To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
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   The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners.
   Evelyn.
   
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   Impress, v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
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   Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Impress , n.; pl. Impresses .
   The act of impressing or making.
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   A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
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   The impresses of the insides of these shells.
   Woodward.
   
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   This weak impress of love is as a figure
   Trenched in ice.
   Shak.
   
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   Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
   South.
   
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   A device. See Impresa.
   Cussans.
   
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   To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
   Impresses quaint.
   Milton.
   
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   [See Imprest, Press to force into service.] The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
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   Why such impress of shipwrights?
   Shak.
   
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   Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. -- Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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