Synonyms for imprest
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : im-prest |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm prɛst |
Top 10 synonyms for imprest Other synonyms for the word imprest
- be conspicuous
- blow away
- bring home
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- carry
- carve
- dent
- drive home
- electrify
- emboss
- enforce
- engrave
- enthuse
- establish
- etch
- fix
- galvanize
- get
- get into head
- grab
- grandstand
- imprint
- inculcate
- indent
- inscribe
- instill
- kill
- knock out
- make a hit
- make an impression
- make splash
- move
- overawe
- pique
- press
- provoke
- push around
- register
- score
- set
- show off
- slay
- stamp
- stimulate
- stir
- stress
- strike
Définition of imprest
Origin :- late 14c., "have a strong effect on the mind or heart," from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere "press into or upon, stamp," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Literal sense of "to apply with pressure, make a permanent image in, indent, imprint" is from early 15c. in English. Sense of "to levy for military service" is from 1590s, a meaning more from press (v.2). Related: Impressed; impressing.
- verb influence
- verb press down to make design
- verb emphasize
- Note how each sentence is rounded out into fulness, until it is imprest upon your memory.
- Extract from : « Successful Methods of Public Speaking » by Grenville Kleiser
- The evening on which I saw the Rhine for the first time, I was imprest with the same idea.
- Extract from : « Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X) » by Various
- So home, mightily pleased in mind that I have got my bills of imprest cleared by bills signed this day, to my good satisfaction.
- Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys
- The pressed sailors often deserted with the “imprest money” given them.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 » by Various
- God gyue them his grace and make them imprest as true Christians ought.
- Extract from : « The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. » by John Davies
- Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs, and auditor of the imprest.
- Extract from : « Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
Antonyms for imprest
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