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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

2. (v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

3. (v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

4. (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.

5. (v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.

6. (n.) The act of impressing or making.

7. (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.

8. (n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

9. (n.) A device. See Impress.

10. (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

Greek

29. aggareuo -- to impress, compel
... to impress, compel. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aggareuo Phonetic Spelling:
(ang-ar-yew'-o) Short Definition: I impress, send Definition: I impress ...
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5480. charagma -- a stamp, impress
... a stamp, impress. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: charagma Phonetic
Spelling: (khar'-ag-mah) Short Definition: sculpture, a stamp, sign Definition ...
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5481. charakter -- a tool for engraving
... Finally it stood for a stamp or impress used on a coin or seal (see , 368). In
each case, the stamp conveyed the reality behind the image.]. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... establishment (1), expected* (1), fasten (1), fix (1), formed and made (1), gave
(2), give (7), grant (1), had (1), hunt* (1), impose (1), impress (1), impute ...
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Library

He came in Human Rather than in any Nobler Form, Because (I) He ...
... Section 43. He came in human rather than in any nobler form, because (I) He came
to save, not to impress ; (2) man alone of creatures had sinned. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 43 he came in.htm

Of the Essential Meeting with God Without Means in the Nakedness ...
... And this is why the spirit, in its inmost and highest part, that is in its naked
nature, receives without interruption the impress of its Eternal Archetype ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter lvii of the essential.htm

Abandonment a Pledge of Predestination.
... "Quam bonus Israel Deus his qui recto sunt corde" (Psalm 72, i). This impress of
the Holy Spirit in souls inflamed with His love, is called pure love on ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section iii abandonment a pledge of.htm

Rome, Socinus, Arminius, Calvin.
... Lastly, the Reformed confesses that man's whole personality is the impress of God's
image in his being and attributes; to which belongs naturally that ideal ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/vi rome socinus arminius calvin.htm

The Need of the New Testament Scripture.
... How? Did He say to Paul or John: "Sit down and write"? The gospels and the epistles
do not so impress us. It does indeed apply to the Revelation of St. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxiv the need of the.htm

God Makes Known his Will through Creatures.
... divine wisdom. The events of every moment bear the impress of the will of
God, and of His adorable Name. How holy is this name! It ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/section x god makes known his.htm

Texts Explained; Sixthly, the Context of Proverbs viii. 22 Vz. 22 ...
... not only be, but be good [2744] , it pleased God that His own Wisdom should condescend
[2745] to the creatures, so as to introduce an impress and semblance of ...
/.../chapter xxii texts explained sixthly the.htm

Letter i. Behavior and Manners.
... One more point in regard to behavior I wish to impress upon your mind as of very
great importance, although it relates less to the home and more to general ...
/.../letter i behavior and manners.htm

"Members one of Another. "
... There are some moral and spiritual truths which it seems to be almost impossible
to impress upon the practical life of the world, although they meet with a ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xi members one of another.htm

Allow Me to Fall a Prey to the Wild Beasts.
... wild beasts. I write to the Churches, and impress on them all, that I shall
willingly die for God, unless ye hinder me. I beseech ...
/.../ignatius/the epistle of ignatius to the romans/chapter iv allow me to fall.htm

Thesaurus

Impress (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. 5.
(vi) To be impressed; to rest. ... 9. (n.) A device. See Impress. 10. ...
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Imprint (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. ... 3. (vt) To fix
indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress. ...
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Print (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark,
character, idea, etc., into or upon something. 2. (vt) To ...
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Stamp (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with
arms or initials. 5. (vi) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to ...
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Image (126 Occurrences)
... 405 AD) figura, the King James Version "express image," the Revised Version (British
and American) "very image," the Revised Version, margin "impress." It is ...
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Zedekiah (63 Occurrences)
... In order the better to impress his audience Zedekiah produced iron horns, and said
to Ahab, "With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed ...
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Nehushtan (1 Occurrence)
... thousand years had invested the "brazen serpent" with a mysterious sanctity; and
in order to deliver the people from their infatuation, and impress them with ...
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Unstable (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:17 Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not
be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on ...
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Oath (286 Occurrences)
... 21:5 1 Kings 18:10 Ezra 10:5). The Mosaic laws concerning oaths were not meant to
limit the widespread custom of making oaths, so much as to impress upon the ...
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Ostentation (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Making an unnecessary show or pretentious
display to impress others; -- usually in a detractive sense. ...
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Bible Concordance

Impress (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:41 And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,
(YLT)

Mark 15:21 And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus -- that he may bear his cross,
(YLT)

1 Timothy 6:17 Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.
(WEY)

Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 6:7 and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
(DBY NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:18 Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
(See NAS)

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Impress

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Print (3 Occurrences)

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Nehushtan (1 Occurrence)

Unstable (8 Occurrences)

Oath (286 Occurrences)

Ostentation (1 Occurrence)