## Meanings
1. To make someone feel admiration because of something good or skilful.
2. To fix an idea firmly in someone's mind.
3. To make a mark or pattern on a surface by pressing.

## Examples
- The young pianist impressed everyone with her talent.
- My parents impressed on me the value of hard work.
- We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

## Synonyms
- confiscate
- impound
- seize
- sequester

## Derived Forms
- impressable
- impressed
- impresser
- impressible
- impression
- impressive
- impressively
- impressment
- impresstaurant
- overimpress
- reimpress
- underimpress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: impressen
- Root: impressus
- Affix: im- - not

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Impress comes 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”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “To make someone feel admiration because of something good or skilful” and “To fix an idea firmly in someone's mind”.

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