v. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).v. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).v. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.v. To take by force for public service.verb-intransitive. To be impressed; to rest.n. The act of impressing or making.n. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.n. A device. See Impresa.n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.