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"
- 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"
- 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
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