impress vs sealing wax

impress

noun
  • A stamp or seal used to make an impression. 

  • An impression; an impressed image or copy of something. 

  • The act of impressing. 

  • Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. 

  • The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. 

  • An impression on the mind, imagination etc. 

  • A heraldic device; an impresa. 

verb
  • To mark or stamp (something) using pressure. 

  • To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. 

  • To seize or confiscate (property) by force. 

  • To make an impression, to be impressive. 

  • To produce a vivid impression of (something). 

  • To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably. 

  • To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). 

  • To compel (someone) to serve in a military force. 

sealing wax

noun
  • Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened. 

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