meaning of impressions

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.
2.
That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
3.
That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
4.
Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
5.
An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
6.
Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
7.
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.
8.
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
9.
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
10.
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot ">wax"


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