impress gang

[PRESS-GANG.] Im'-pre (1), s. [IMPRESS (1), v.] 1. The act of marking by pre ure; the act of stamping a mark or figure upon. 2. A mark or stamp made by pre ure; the figure or image of anything effected by pre ure; astamp; an impre ion. 3. A mark of distinction; a characteristic mark. "His mind was one which readily took the impre of any stronger mind."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xx. 4. A device; a motto, as upon a shield, seal, . "About the border, in a curious fret, Emblems, impre es , hieroglyphics set." Drayton: Barons' Wars, vi Im-pre (2), s . [IMPRESS (2), v.] 1. The act of impre ing or compelling to enter the public service as seamen. "Why such impre of shipwrights, whose sore task Does not divide the Sunday from the week." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 1. 2. That which is impre ed, seized, or set apart for the public service. Im-pre -i-bil-I-ty, s . [Eng. impre ible ; -ity.] The quality or state of being impre ible; susceptibility. "Sure signs of a tender impre ibility and sympathiz ing disposition."-Let. on Physiognomy , p. 229. Im-pre -i-ble, a . [Eng. impre ; -able.] Capa ble of being impre ed; yielding to pre ure; readily taking an impre ion; susceptible; suscep tive. "The Mind, impre ible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees." Cowper: Progre of Error , 355. Im-pre -i-bly, adv . [Eng. impre ib ( le ); -ly .] In an impre ible manner. Im-près-sión (sion a hon), s. [Lat. impre io , from impre us , pa. par of imprimoto_impre (q. v.); Fr. impre ion ; Sp. impresion; Ital. im pre i one.] IMG:content-1528.png:[blocks in formation] imprint. 3. To pre down. "The conquering chief his foot imprest On the strong neck of that destructive beast." Dryden: Meleager and A talant a , 200. 4. To mark, as though impre ed by a stamp. "They are the image of his own mind impre ed on our souls." Sharp , vol. vii., ser. 1. 5. To affect strongly; to make a strong impre ion on. "More moved by what impre es the senses than by what is addre ed to the reason."-- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. vi. 6. To fix deeply; to inculcate; to stamp deeply. "His aspect and his air impre ed A troubled memory on my breast." Byron: Giaour. 7. To urge strongly; as, Impre on him the nece ity of coming. 8. To print, as a book; to imprint.