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denote
English
Etymology
From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??n??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??no?t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Verb
denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)
- (transitive) To indicate; to mark.
- (transitive) To make overt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning.
Derived terms
- denotation
- denotative
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
denote
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of denotar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of denotar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of denotar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of denotar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?note/, [d?e?no.t?e]
Verb
denote
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denotar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denotar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denotar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of denotar.
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impress
English
Etymology
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) enPR: ?mpr?s?, IPA(key): /?m?p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- (noun) enPR: ?m?pr?s, IPA(key): /??mp??s/
- Hyphenation: im?press
Verb
impress (third-person singular simple present impresses, present participle impressing, simple past and past participle impressed)
- (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
- (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
- (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
- (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
- To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
- (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
- impress the motives and methods of persuasion upon our own hearts, till we feel the force and power of them.
- (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
- (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
- the second £5,000 imprest for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners
Synonyms
- (transitive: affect strongly and often favourably): make an impression on
- (intransitive: make an impression, be impressive): cut a figure
- (produce a vivid impression of):
- (mark or stamp (something) using pressure): imprint, print, stamp
- (compel (someone) to serve in a military force):: pressgang
- (seize or confiscate (property) by force):: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester
Translations
Noun
impress (plural impresses)
- The act of impressing.
- An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
- 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton 2005, p. 1330:
- We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held […]
- 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton 2005, p. 1330:
- A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
- An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:
- Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible […]
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:
- Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
- we have God surveying the works of the creation, and leaving this general impress or character upon them
- A heraldic device; an impresa.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cussans to this entry?)
- The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Translations
Derived terms
- impressed
- impression
- impressive
- impressively
Further reading
- impress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- impress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impress at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Persism, mispers, permiss, premiss, simpers
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