1. (n.) The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

2. (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

3. (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.

4. (n.) Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.

5. (n.) An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

6. (n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

7. (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.

8. (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.

9. (n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.