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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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overcome
English
Etymology
From Middle English overcomen, from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”), corresponding to over- +? come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen (“to overcome”), German überkommen (“to overcome”), Danish overkomme (“to overcome”), Swedish överkomma (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??k?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?v???k?m/
Verb
overcome (third-person singular simple present overcomes, present participle overcoming, simple past overcame, past participle overcome)
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- to overcome enemies in battle
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, Ch. 4:
- By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls.
- (transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- To overflow; to surcharge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Philips to this entry?)
Translations
Noun
overcome (plural overcomes)
- (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- (Scotland) A surplus.
References
- overcome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- overcome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- come over, come-over, comeover
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