Can Impress Be a Verb?

verb (used with object), im·pressed or (Archaic) im·prest; im·pres·sing. to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man. to fix deeply or firmly on the mind or memory, as ideas or facts: to impress the importance of honesty on a child.

Is impress a noun or verb?

Word family (noun) impression impressionism impressionist impressiveness (adjective) impressionable impressive ≠ unimpressive impressionistic unimpressed (verb) impress (adverb) impressively impressionistically.

Is impress a transitive verb?

[transitive] impress something on/upon somebody (formal) to make someone understand how important, serious etc. [transitive] impress something/itself on/upon something (formal) to have a great effect on something, especially someone's mind, imagination, etc. ...