impress

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the act of coercing someone into government service
  2. verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  3. verb impress positively

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”).

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