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Origin and history of impressed

impressed(adj.)

early 15c., "pressed or forced upon" (the mind), past-participle adjective from impress (v.).

also from early 15c.

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impress(v.1)

late 14c., impressen, "have a strong effect on the mind or heart, stamp deeply in the mind;" also literal, "make a permanent image in," from Old French empresser and directly from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere "press into or upon, stamp," also figurative, from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress" (from PIE root *per- (4) "to strike"). Related: Impressed; impressing.

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    puncheon
    piercing," "but connexion of sense has not been found" [OED] and the best guess at it seems to be from the stamp or imprint impressed...
    stamp
    1540s; it was transferred 1837 to designed, pre-printed adhesive labels issued by governments to serve the same purpose as impressed...
    sports
    "sports" car, and was so impressed with this that I immediately ordered one on my return to London....
    seal
    "design stamped on wax," especially an impressed figure attached to a document as evidence of authenticity, c. 1200, sel,...
    coin
    wedge-shaped, and by late 14c. the English word came to mean "thing stamped, piece of metal converted into money by being impressed...
    afraid
    "impressed with fear, fearful," early 14c., originally the past participle of the now-obsolete Middle English verb afray...
    discover
    ; but he who says it so long, and so loud, and so clearly, that he compels mankind to hear him—the man who is so deeply impressed...
    stir
    Middle English stiren, from Old English styrian, stirian "to move, be or become active or busy, pass into motion," also transitive, "to agitate with a rotating motion (a liquid or mixture by hand or with an instrument), move, change the location of; rouse, agitate, incite, urge;"
    recipe
    1580s, "medical prescription, a formula for the composing of a remedy written by a physician," from French récipé (15c.), from Latin recipe "take!" (this or that ingredient), second person imperative singular of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive). It was the word written b
    pierce
    c. 1300 (c. 1200 as a surname), percen, "make a hole in; force one's way through; thrust through with or as with a sharp or pointed instrument," from Anglo-French perser, Old French percier "pierce, transfix, drive through" (12c., Modern French percer), probably from Vulgar Latin

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