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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impression \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.] 1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. 2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without The stamp and clear impression of good sense --Cowper. To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow. 3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action or agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. --Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. --Holland. 4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence interest, concern. --Reid. His words impression left --Milton. Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak. I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married. --Ford. 5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief. 6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery. Which must be read with an impression. --Milton. 7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time. Ten impressions which his books have had --Dryden. 8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like [R.] 9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like {Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impression n 1: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity" [syn: {feeling}, {belief}, {notion}] 2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [syn: {effect}] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: {mental picture}, {picture}] 4: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: {depression}, {imprint}] 5: a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: {stamp}] 6: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: {printing}] 7: (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist made an impression for use in preparing an inlay" 8: an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
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