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1. Deeply or markedly affected or influenced
    
2. Favourably influenced; showing admiration
   "I was very impressed by the performance"

1. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
   "This child impressed me as unusually mature";
   - affect, move, strike
    
2. Invoke admiration; make a positive impression
   "The young chess player impressed her audience"
    
3. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
   "Mother tried to impress respect for our elders in us";
   - ingrain, instill, engrain
    
4. Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
   "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax";
   - imprint
    
5. Reproduce by printing
   - print
    
6. (crime) Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship
   "The men were impressed after being drugged";
   - shanghai
    
7. Dye (fabric) before it is spun
   - yarn-dye

See also: affected

Type of: abduct, change surface, dye, kidnap, nobble [Brit, informal], snatch, write

Encyclopedia: Impressed