Im*press", v. i. To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]

Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress.

Chaucer.

Im"press (?), n.; pl. Impresses (&?;). 1. The act of impressing or

making.

2. 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.

The impresses of the insides of these shells.

Woodward.

This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice.

Shak.

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