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impregnate
v. 1 fertilize, inseminate, fecundate, make pregnant: The
female can be impregnated only during one ten-day interval each
year. 2 imbue, suffuse, permeate, penetrate, pervade, infuse,
saturate, drench, soak, steep, fill: The preservative must be
allowed to impregnate the wood.
impress v. 1 affect, touch, move, reach, stir, strike, sway, influence,
persuade, Colloq grab, get under one's skin: She was genuinely
impressed by his sincerity. 2 print, imprint, stamp, mark,
engrave, emboss: Before the bowl was placed in the kiln, the
potter's seal was impressed in its underside. 3 Often, impress
on or upon. stress, emphasize, urge, bring home (to): They
tried to impress on him the gravity of the situation.
impression
n. 1 sensation, feeling, sense, suspicion, awareness,
consciousness, idea, belief, fancy, notion: I have the
impression that I have been here before. She gave me the
impression that she didn't like me. 2 impact, effect, influence:
Are you concerned about the impression of his speech on the
crowd? 3 dent, indentation, depression, hollow, mark; stamp,
impress, brand: Look here, where the chair has made an
impression in the carpet. 4 printing, issue, print, copy, run:
This is the third impression from the original plates. 5
impersonation, imitation; parody, satire, Colloq take-off, Brit
send-up: After dinner, Gerry did his impression of Churchill.
impressionable
adj. suggestible, susceptible, persuadable or persuasible,
impressible, receptive, responsive: They seek to enrol students
who are at an impressionable age.
impressive
adj. evocative, moving, affecting, stimulating, exciting,
stirring, powerful, provocative, arousing, awe-inspiring,
awesome, imposing, formidable, portentous, redoubtable: She has
many impressive talents.
imprison v. incarcerate, confine, detain, remand, jail or Brit also
gaol, lock up, intern, shut up, put behind bars, put in or throw
into irons, put away, Colloq Brit send down, US send up (the