What is the meaning of impress?

noun

• The act of coercing someone into government service.
  • synonyms: impressment

verb

• Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
  • usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
  • synonyms: affect, move, strike
• Impress positively.
  • usage: "The young chess player impressed her audience"
• Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.
  • usage: "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
  • synonyms: ingrain, instill
• Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.
  • usage: "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
  • synonyms: imprint
• Reproduce by printing.
  • synonyms: print
• Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.
  • usage: "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
  • synonyms: shanghai
• Dye (fabric) before it is spun.
  • synonyms: yarn-dye