impoundment
- n placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
impoverishment
- n the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- n the act of making someone poor
impracticality
- n concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
inachis io
- n European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
impramine hydrochloride
- n a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression
imprecation
- n the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
he suffered the imprecations of the mob - n a slanderous accusation
impregnation
- n material with which something is impregnated
the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue - n the process of totally saturating something with a substance
the impregnation of wood with preservative - n creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
impress
- n the act of coercing someone into government service
- v have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
This child impressed me as unusually mature - v impress positively
The young chess player impressed her audience - v produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
- v mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax - v reproduce by printing
- v take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
- v dye (fabric) before it is spun
impression
- n a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
his impression of her was favorable - n an outward appearance
he made a good impression
I wanted to create an impression of success - n a clear and telling mental image
the events left a permanent impression in his mind - n a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud - n a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
- n all the copies of a work printed at one time
- n (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay - n an impressionistic portrayal of a person
he did a funny impression of a politician - n the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax