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Impressing
- verb - dye (fabric) before it is spun
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
- impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
- reproduce by printing
- take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
Impression
- noun - (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
- 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"
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
- 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"
- all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
- an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
- an outward appearance; "
Impressive
- adjective - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
- producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
Imprimatur
- noun - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
Imprinting
- verb - a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
- establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
Imprisoned
- verb - being in captivity
- confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Improbable
- adjective - having a probability too low to inspire belief
- not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
- too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
Improbably
- adverb - not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains"
- unlikely