Definition of Impressing

1. Verb. (present participle of impress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impressing

1. impress [v] - See also: impress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impressing

impresas
imprescriptibility
imprescriptible
imprescriptibly
imprese
impreses
impress
impresse
impressed
impressed(p)
impresses
impressibility
impressible
impressibleness
impressibly
impressing (current term)
impressio
impressio cardiaca hepatis
impressio cardiaca pulmonis
impressio colica
impressio duodenalis
impressio gastrica
impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis
impressio oesophagea
impressio petrosa pallii
impressio renalis
impressio suprarenalis
impressio trigeminalis
impression
impression area

Literary usage of Impressing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"Provided nevertheless, That if any person shall enlist previous to such detachment or impressing, or within twenty- four hours after, he shall receive the ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"His services were now employed by Henry upon a commission under the Earl of Surrey, lord high admiral, for recruiting the royal navy by impressing ships of ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"Placed in a glass on the deck of the vessel, it sent out magnificent flashes of light, especially when irritated, impressing the beholders that it had the ..."

4. The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart.: With by John Sinclair (1831)
"PLAN For establishing a neto Naval Resource, by which the necessity of impressing Seamen, unless in periods of great public danger, would be prevented. ..."

5. Public School Methods (1921)
"(b) impressing THE STORY. After the story is told, then comes the test, the application, and seat work for occupation. Questioning should be done ..."

6. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... or impressing thirty good effective men to be imploy'd in scouting on ye Frontiers from Londonderry to Barrington & so up to ..."

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