impress

Definition

To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

Etymology

From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).

Example Sentences

• "You impressed me with your command of Urdu."
• "Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected."
• "Okay, so you're a rocket scientist / That don't impress me much"