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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impress  \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. 
 
  3.  Characteristic;  mark  of  distinction;  stamp.  --South. 
 
  4.  A  device.  See  {Impresa}.  --Cussans. 
 
  To  describe  .  .  .  emblazoned  shields,  Impresses 
  quaint.  --Milton. 
 
  5.  [See  {Imprest},  {Press}  to  force  into  service.]  The  act  of 
  impressing,  or  taking  by  force  for  the  public  service; 
  compulsion  to  serve;  also  that  which  is  impressed. 
 
  Why  such  impress  of  shipwrights?  --Shak. 
 
  {Impress  gang},  a  party  of  men,  with  an  officer,  employed  to 
  impress  seamen  for  ships  of  war;  a  press  gang. 
 
  {Impress  money},  a  sum  of  money  paid,  immediately  upon  their 
  entering  service,  to  men  who  have  been  impressed. 




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