Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PRESS'I-BLY, adv.

In a manner to make impression.

IM-PRESS'ING, ppr.

Imprinting; stamping; fixing in the mind; compelling into service.

IM-PRES'SION, n. [Fr.; L. impressio.]

1. The act of impressing, as one body on another; as, a figure made by impression.
2. Mark; indentation; stamp made by pressure; as, a seal makes an impression on wax.
3. The effect which objects produce on the mind. Thus we say, the truths of the gospel make an impression on the mind; they make no impression, or a deep and lasting impression. The heart is impressed with love or gratitude. We lie open to the impressions of flattery.
4. Image in the mind; idea.
5. Sensible effect. The artillery made no impression on the fort. The attack made no impression on the enemy.
6. A single edition of a book; the books printed at once; as, a copy of the last impression. The whole impression of the work was sold in a month.
7. Slight, indistinct remembrance. I have an impression that the fact was stated to me, but I can not clearly recollect it.

IM-PRES'SION-A-BLE, a.

Susceptible of impression; that can be impressed.

IM-PRESS'IVE, a.

1. Making or tending to make an impression; having the power of affecting, or of exciting attention and feeling; adapted to touch sensibility or the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
2. Capable of being impressed; susceptible. Spenser.

IM-PRESS'IVE-LY, adv.

In a manner to touch sensibility or to awaken conscience; in a manner to produce a powerful effect on the mind.

IM-PRESS'IVE-NESS, a.

The quality of being impressive

IM-PRESS'MENT, a.

1. The act of impressing men into public service; as, the impressment of seamen.
2. The act of compelling into any service; as, the impressment of nurses to attend the sick.
3. The act of seizing for public use; as, the impressment of provisions for the army. Marshall.

IM-PRESS'URE, n.

The mark made by pressure; indentation; dent; impression. Shak.

IM'PREST, n. [It. imprestare.]

A kind of earnest-money; loan; money advanced. Burke.

IM-PREST', v.t.

To advance on loan.

IM-PREV'A-LENCE, n.

Incapability of prevailing. Hall.

IM-PRI-MA'TUR, n. [L. let it be printed.]

A license to print a book, &c.

IM-PRIM'ER-Y, n. [Fr. imprimerie.]

A print; impression; a printing-house; art of printing. [Not in use.]

IM-PRI'MIS, adv. [L. imprimis, for in primis.]

In the first place; first in order.

IM'PRINT, n.

The name of the publisher of a book inserted in the title page; the place where published.

IM-PRINT', v.t. [It. imprimere; Sp. imprimir; Fr. imprimer; L. imprimo; in and premo, to press. See Print.]

1. To impress; to mark by pressure; as, a character or device imprinted on wax or cloth.
2. To stamp letters and words on paper by means of types; to print.
3. To fix on the mind or memory; to impress. Let your father's admonitions and instructions be imprinted on your mind.

IM-PRINT'ED, pp.

Marked by pressure; printed; fixed in the mind or memory.

IM-PRINT'ING, ppr.

Marking by pressure; printing; fixing on the mind or memory.

IM-PRIS'ON, v.t. [impriz'n; Fr. emprisonner; in and prison.]

1. To put into a prison; to confine in a prison or jail, or to arrest and detain. In custody in any place.
2. To confine; to shut up; to restrain from escape; to be imprisoned in a cell. He imprisoned was in chains remediless. Spenser. Try to imprison the resistless winds. Dryden.

IM-PRIS'ON-ED, pp.

confined in a prison or jail; restrained from escape or from going at large.

IM-PRIS'ON-ER, n.

One who imprisons another. Clayton.

IM-PRIS'ON-ING, n.

Act of confining in prison.

IM-PRIS'ON-ING, ppr.

Shutting up in prison; confining in a place.

IM-PRIS'ON-MENT, n.

1. The act of putting and confining in prison; the act of arresting and detaining in custody.
2. Confinement in a place; restraint of liberty to go from place to place at pleasure. Appropriately, the confinement of a criminal or debtor within the walls of a prison, or in the custody of a sherif, &c. False imprisonment is any confinement of the person, or restraint of liberty, without legal or sufficient authority. The arrest or detention of the person by an officer without warrant, or by an illegal warrant, or by a legal warrant executed at an unlawful time, is false imprisonment. Blackstone.