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+ Impress, to affect strongly, is from Latin; impress, to force into service, was formed in English from in- and press.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
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+ {{homograph|1|affect strongly}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1370|origins=la premō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: verb /ɪmˈpres/; noun /ˈɪm.pres/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ To affect strongly is [[inh|enm|enpressen]], [[bor|la|impressus]], the past participle of [[m|la|imprimō|t=to press into or upon, stamp]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|in-|t=in, on]] and [[m|la|premō|t=to press]] (see [[press]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) influenced by [[fro|empresser|t=to press, crowd upon, print]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Hoad takes it from the French verb, formed from [[m|fro|em-]] and [[m|fro|presser]].^(Hoad 1986)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To make a permanent image in something: probably about 1370.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ To have a strong effect on the mind or heart is from about 1385, in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The noun, a mark or stamp, is from 1590,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989) and the act of stamping from 1592.^(OED 1989) A badge worn by retainers was an impress from the 1620s, from [[it|impresa]].^(Etymonline) Impression is from about 1380, in Chaucer,^(Barnhart 1988) and impressionable and impressionist from the 19th century.^(Hoad 1986)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1370 – to make an image in.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1380 – impression.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1385 – to affect the mind.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1590 – an impress (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1620s – a badge.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To affect strongly, often favourably: ''I am impressed by your work''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To fix firmly in the mind; to stress or urge, often with ''on''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To mark or stamp by pressure.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To apply with pressure; to press.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # The act of impressing.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
+ # A mark or pattern made by pressure; an [[imprint]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
+ # A distinctive mark or quality.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[impression]]
+ * [[impressive]]
+ * [[impressionable]]
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+ {{homograph|2|force into service}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1596}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ɪmˈpres/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ To force into service is formed from [[in-]] and [[press]], to force into service,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) probably influenced by earlier imprest, to advance a soldier's pay (1565), from [[it|imprestare|t=to lend]].^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To force men to serve in the armed forces: 1596, in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The noun, impressment, is from 1602,^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) and the impress-gang from 1780.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1596 – to impress men.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1602 – impress, impressment.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1780 – impress-gang.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To force a person to serve in the army or navy.^(AHD)
+ # To seize property by authority; to [[confiscate]].^(AHD)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # [[impressment|alt=Impressment]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[impressment]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[press]]
+ * [[imprint]]
+ * [[express]]
+ * [[depress]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}