Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PRESS'IVE
IM-PRES'SION-A-BLEIM-PRESS'IVE-LY
IM-PRESS'IVE, a.
- 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.
- Capable of being impressed; susceptible. Spenser.
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