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▪ I. impressure1 Now rare.|ɪmˈprɛʃ(j)ʊə(r)|
[f. impress v.1 + -ure, after pressure.]
1. The action of impressing or exerting pressure upon.
1649J. Ellistone tr. Behmen's Epist. i. §37 The magnetick impressure, hunger, and desire, of the soule. Ibid. vi. §10 Comprehensive impressure or formation of the expressed word. 1784New Spectator No. 16. 2/1 At an age when the twig bends under every impressure. 1875Swinburne Ess. & Stud. 247 The subject..lay ready shapen for the strong impressure of his hand.
2. A mark made by pressure; an impression; an indentation.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. v. 23 Leane vpon a rush, The Cicatrice and capable impressure Thy palme some moment keepes. 1601― Twel. N. ii. v. 103 The impressure her Lucrece, with which she vses to seale. 1631R. Brathwait Whimzies Ep. Ded. 7 What else are characters but stampes or impressures, noting such an especiall place, person or office. 1848Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 6. 289 Behind it a short mesial line..and a deep impressure still further backwards.
3. A mental or sensuous impression.
1607Middleton Michaelm. Term ii. i, I knew not what fair impressure I received at first, but I began to affect your society very speedily. 1609B. Jonson Case is altered i. iv, The impressure of those ample favours I have derived..Would bind my faith. 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 182 One little Requiescat..leaves long upon the ear an impressure of simple, of earnest, of weary melody.
▪ II. † imˈpressure2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. impress v.2 + -ure, after prec.]
= impressment2.
1680Nation's Interest in Relation to Pretens. Dk. York 31 Their Bulwark against High Payments, and Impressures, demanded by the King. |