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inachis io
  • n  European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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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
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impresario
  • n  a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
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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
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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
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impressionism
  • n  a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
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impressive aphasia
  • n  aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
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impressiveness
  • n  splendid or imposing in size or appearance
  • n  the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
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impressment
  • n  the act of coercing someone into government service
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imprint
  • n  a distinctive influence
    English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
  • n  a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  • n  an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
    the book was published under a distinguished imprint
  • n  an impression produced by pressure or printing
  • n  a device produced by pressure on a surface
  • v  establish or impress firmly in the mind
    We imprint our ideas onto our children
  • v  mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
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imprinting
  • n  a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
  • v  establish or impress firmly in the mind
  • v  mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
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imprisonment
  • n  putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
  • n  the state of being imprisoned
    the imprisonment of captured soldiers
  • n  the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
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