- Im*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Im*press"ive*ness, n.
Im*press"ment (?), n. The act of seizing for public use, or of
impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the
impressment of provisions or of sailors.
The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a
protracted death.
J. H. Burton.
Im*press"or (?), n. [LL., a printer.] One who, or that which,
impresses. Boyle.
Im*pres"sure (?), n. [Cf. OF. impressure, LL. impressura.] Dent;
impression. [Obs.] Shak.
Im*prest" (&?;), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impresting.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest, n.] To
advance on loan. Burke.
Im"prest (?), n. [Cf. It. impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See
Imprest, v. t., and Impress compulsion to serve.] A kind of earnest
money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service,
as in enlistment. Burke.
The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they
have received.
Pepys.
{ Im*prev"a*lence (?), Im*prev"a*len*cy (?), } n. Want of prevalence.
[Obs.]
Im`pre*vent`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
impreventable. [R.]
Im`pre*vent"a*ble (?), a. Not preventable; inevitable.
||Im`pri*ma"tur (?), n. [L., let it be printed.] (Law) A license to
||print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to
||the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
||
Im*prim"er*y (?), n. [F. imprimerie, fr. imprimer to imprint.] [Obs.]
(a) A print; impression. (b) A printing establishment. (c) The art of
printing.
Im*prim"ing (?), n. A beginning. [Obs.] "Their springings and
imprimings." Sir H. Wotton.
||Im*pri"mis (?), adv. [L., for in primis among the first, chiefly; in
||in + primus first.] In the first place; first in order.
||
Im*print" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imptrinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprinting.] [OE. emprenten, F. empreint, p. p. of empreindre to
imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, and
cf. Impress.] 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
Prior.
2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates,
stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon
something).
Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in
it, "Be free."
Cowper.
3. To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to
impress.
Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his
mind.
Locke.
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Im"print (?), n. [Cf. F. empreinte impress, stamp. See Imprint, v. t.]
Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by
something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually)
with the time and place of issue, in the title- page of a book, or on
any printed sheet. "That imprint of their hands." Buckle.
Im*pris"on (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprisoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imprisoning.] [OE. enprisonen, OF. enprisoner, F. emprisonner; pref.
en- (L. in) + F. & OF. prison. See Prison.] 1. To put in prison or
jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
He imprisoned was in chains remediless.
Spenser.