Synonyms: impress, impressment
Definition: the act of coercing someone into government service
Similar words: seizure
Definition: the taking possession of something by legal process
Definition: dye (fabric) before it is spun
Synonyms: impress, ingrain, instill
Definition: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
Usage: Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd
Definition: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
Usage: The men were shanghaied after being drugged
Similar words: abduct, snatch, nobble, kidnap
Definition: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Usage: The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Definition: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
Usage: To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
Similar words: change surface
Definition: undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
Definition: reproduce by printing
Similar words: write
Definition: mark or trace on a surface
Usage: The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper; Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
Synonyms: impress
Definition: impress positively
Usage: The young chess player impressed her audience
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd