# impress

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ · frequency rank #7,930

## Definitions
1. To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
2. To make an impression, to be impressive.
3. To produce a vivid impression of (something).
4. To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
5. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
6. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
7. To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
8. To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

## Etymology
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).

## Easily confused with
- **ingress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impress-vs-ingress)
- **impressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impress-vs-impressed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`immpress`, `imperss`, `imppress`, `impres`, `imprress`, `imprses`, `imrpess`, `ipmress`, `mipress`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/impress