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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Impression \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.] 1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without. [1913 Webster] The stamp and clear impression of good sense. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern. --Reid. [1913 Webster] His words impression left. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief. [1913 Webster] 6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery. [1913 Webster] Which must be read with an impression. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time; as, a copy from the fifth impression. [1913 Webster] Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like. [R.] [1913 Webster] 9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like. [1913 Webster] {Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: impression n 1: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" [syn: {impression}, {feeling}, {belief}, {notion}, {opinion}] 2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [syn: {impression}, {effect}] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: {mental picture}, {picture}, {impression}] 4: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: {depression}, {impression}, {imprint}] 5: a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: {stamp}, {impression}] 6: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: {impression}, {printing}] 7: (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" 8: an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" 9: the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax" From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: impression /ɛ̃pʀɛsjɔ̃/ effect; impression; impression; print; imprint; printed matter; trace; track