† imprestn.²

Forms: Also 1600s emprest.

Etymology: < imprest v.²: compare impress n.²

Obsolete.

= impressment n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > compulsory

pressing1591

press?1592

impress1603

imprest1610

impressing1641

draft1757

conscription1799

press-ganging1863

blood tax1890

call-up1916

comb1916

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service

purveyance1423

purveying1442

imprest1610

impressure1680

impressment1796

requisitionc1806

press1855

commandeering1894

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr xi. 326 To disobey the Kings emprest when he leuies an Armie.

1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 47 To bee compelled, by imprest from authority, to go a mile, a league, or more, at the officers pleasure.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 175 None were then compelled to enter into Service by imprest, or absolute command.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

imprestadj.n.¹

Brit.

/ˈɪmprɛst/, U.S.

/ˈɪmˌprɛst/

Etymology: Appears in the 16th cent. for the earlier prest adj., prest n. The prefix im- occurs in Italian imprestare (and medieval Latin imprestāre ) to lend, impresto , imprestito advanced, lent (compare Old French emprest a loan), imprestanza (Old French imprestance ) a loan, advance, but in English may have been partly due to a misunderstanding of the common phrase in prest (money ): see prest adj.

†A. adj.

Of money: Lent, or paid in advance, advanced, esp. to soldiers, sailors, and public officials. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid in advance

imprest1570

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > lent

loaned1556

imprest1570

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4. §1 Receiver of any Sums of Money imprest, or otherwise, for the Use of the Queen's Majesty.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile To Earle of Pembroke sig. A2^v Such imprest money I doe not like, but protest against it and the pay-master.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Imprest Money, is money paid to Souldiers before hand.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2580/4 Some Seamen..having received Imprest Money or Wages..have Absconded.

1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 87 Accomptant for Imprest Money for paying of Incidents.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 257 To insure the..imprest Money advanced to Seamen.

B. n.¹

a. An advance (of money) made to one who is charged with some business by the state, to enable him to proceed with the discharge of the same. †Formerly, also, advance-pay of soldiers or sailors.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay in advance

prest1359

press money1434

imprest1568

impress1600

fore-wages1606

subsistence money1677

subsistence1688

subsist money1749

sub1779

sub money1779

subsist1814

subsistence allowance1860

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay

dead pay1565

imprest1568

mort-pay1588

X factor1969

1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1619) 678/1 I did accept in way of imprest, and not of gift.

1588 Ld. Burghley Copie Let. to B. Mendoza 20 For the Nauie of England..bargaines are already made, and Imprest of money deliuered, and certaine sent into the Estlands, for great store of al maritime prouisions.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B2 They [sc. the soldiers] haue their imprest, coates, and furniture.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 242 Upon every Contract we make, we give the Victualers an imprest beforehand.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. xvii. 362 Hee had lately received a great imprest of Spanish money.

1723 London Gaz. No. 6141/2 Navy-Office, Feb. 20, 1722..All Persons who have any Imprest standing out against them..are advised to bring in their Bills.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. i. 9 The Government agreed to advance them 10,000 upon imprest.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vii. 690 The moneys drawn from the Exchequer are applied partly to final payments, and partly to advances or ‘imprests’.

b. In general sense: An advance, a loan. (In quots. said of the borrower.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan

loana1400

prest?c1430

apprest1443

press money1561

accommodation1595

imprest1680

bank loan1721

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence 116 There is nothing which doth more impoverish a Prince, than Imprests of Money at great usance.

a1719 J. Flamsteed in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1096 I would not cumber my..estate with imprests or securitys.

1957 F. King Man on Rock iii. 81 He drew up a log~book for the car, checked the postage imprest.

1958 E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart iv. 48 Off you go, see the foreign editor, get an imprest—don't imagine you can squander money on this trip, though!

c. Auditor of the Imprest (see quot. 1670). bill of imprest, an order authorizing a person to draw money in advance: cf. imprest-bill n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > order authorizing a money advance

imprest-bill1615

bill of imprest1665

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > auditor > types of

auditor of the prests1657

Auditor of the Imprest1665

district auditor1868

internal auditor1869

1665 S. Pepys Diary 13 Dec. (1972) VI. 327 I did get a bill of imprest to Captain Cocke, to pay myselfe in part.

1668 London Gaz. No. 277/4 All such Accounts as pass by the Auditors of Imprests.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Auditor of the Prests or Imprests, Are..Officers in the Exchequer, who take and make up the great Accompts of Ireland, Berwick, the Mint, and of any Money imprested to any Man for His Majesties service.

1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage ii. 7 After he had so profitable a Post, as Auditor of the Imprest.

1781 Act 21 Geo. III c. 56 §10 The Receipt of the Vice-Chancellor shall be allowed by the Auditor and Auditors of the Imprest.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as imprest-account, imprest-accountant (see quot. 1865); † imprest-bill n. Obsolete = bill of imprest at sense B. c.† imprest-office n. Obsolete formerly, a department of the Admiralty which attended to the advances made to paymasters and other officials.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > order authorizing a money advance

imprest-bill1615

bill of imprest1665

1615 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 60 For this debt I have his imprest bills.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Oct. (1972) VII. 328 The clearing all my imprest bills.

1865 Times 17 Aug. The person to whom the advance is made is called the ‘imprest accountant’.

1893 Daily News 27 Aug. 7/1 The ‘imprest’ account..related to sums advanced to officers for the purpose of making inquiries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† imprestv.¹

Etymology: < Italian imprestare (and medieval Latin imprestāre) to lend: see imprest n.¹, and the earlier prest v.¹

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To advance, lend (money).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)]

prest1477

imprest1565

sub1858

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service [verb (transitive)] > pay in advance > pay (money) in advance

imprest1565

impressa1684

front1966

1565 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to Bedford in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 28 The other 2000l...to imprest some part thereof to the new numbers of the 600 footmen and 100 horsemen.

1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. ii. 3 Both of them had money imprested; Sir Thomas Lucas to compleat his Troope.., Captaine Armstrong to raise a new Troop.

1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 331 The sum that shall be imprested by the exchequer to the bank, to answer these drafts.

1810 Ann. Reg. 453 These half-yearly accounts do not exhibit the money imprested to the conductor, or the balance due from him.

b. With inverted construction: To furnish (a person) with an advance of money.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] > lend (a person) money

lendc1440

imprest1612

loan1785

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service [verb (transitive)] > pay in advance

prest1539

imprest1612

sub1858

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 57 He should haue four thousand Markes for the first yeare, whereof he should bee imprested 2000. li. before hand.

1613 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 23 This day I impresed [=imprested] my mother in lawe..w^th 50^li ster. to sett the worck in hande.

2. To draw (a bill or money by a bill).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > use bills of exchange

protest1479

retire1610

imprest1617

to take up1655

honour1664

discount1671

indulge1766

dishonour1811

cover1866

sight1866

protect1884

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 207 Billes imprested upon accounts here.

1661 S. Pepys Diary 13 June (1970) II. 120 So to the Wardrobe and got my Lord to order Mr. Creed to imprest so much upon me, to be paid by Alderman Backwell.

Derivatives

imˈpresting n. advancing (of money), loan.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun]

lendinga1340

impresting1565

danism1623

money-mongering1650

soucaring1785

moneylending1787

onlending1976

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > [noun] > in advance

impresting1565

1565 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to Bedford in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 28 The impresting to him of 1000l. might stand him in stead for the help to defend himself.

1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 2 Greate sommes of money..by waie of imprestinge yealded to the said Kinge since he came to the crowne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† imprestv.²

Etymology: < imprest, -pressed, past participle of impress v.², perhaps confused with imprest v.¹

Obsolete.

transitive. To impress for the army or navy.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist

prest1481

press1542

impress1598

imprest1645

lot1757

conscribe1806

conscript1813

draft1862

press-gang1899

to comb out1916

1645 W. Prynne Fresh Discov. Stars x. 44 You have your Husbands, your Sons and Servants, Imprested [pamphlet source, Martins Eccho 18: impress'd] from you.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 105 English men were anciently used to be imprested for the Warres in France.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 174 He will join as many Shields together..to fortify the Nobility of a new made Lord, that will pay for the impresting of them, and allow him Coat and Conduct Money.

1704 Royal Proclam. 14 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 4081/2 Captains..Imployed in Impresting Men for Our Fleet.

1708 Royal Proclam. 14 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 4415/3 No Men shall be Imprested from any Merchant Ships.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† imprestv.³

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impress v.¹

Etymology: Irregular variant of impress v.¹, probably arising from the confusion of impress and imprest seen in imprest v.¹ and imprest v.²

Obsolete. rare.

= impress v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)]

imprest1652

bear1658

evirtuate1676

tell1779

to come into ——1881

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 93 Either the Stars doe inflow, and imprest, yea portend, and signify perpetually; or not.

Derivatives

imˈpresting n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] > imparting character

impresting1696

characterizing1850

1696 Allestree's Gentlemans Calling (new ed.) 111 It is..the duty of those who are possest of this advantage, to use it to the impresting not of Vice, but Vertue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

n.²1610

adj.n.¹1568

v.¹1565

v.²1645

v.³1652

单词	imprest
释义	† imprestn.² Forms: Also 1600s emprest. Etymology: < imprest v.²: compare impress n.² Obsolete. = impressment n.² ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > compulsory pressing1591 press?1592 impress1603 imprest1610 impressing1641 draft1757 conscription1799 press-ganging1863 blood tax1890 call-up1916 comb1916 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service purveyance1423 purveying1442 imprest1610 impressure1680 impressment1796 requisitionc1806 press1855 commandeering1894 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr xi. 326 To disobey the Kings emprest when he leuies an Armie. 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 47 To bee compelled, by imprest from authority, to go a mile, a league, or more, at the officers pleasure. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 175 None were then compelled to enter into Service by imprest, or absolute command. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). imprestadj.n.¹ Brit. /ˈɪmprɛst/, U.S. /ˈɪmˌprɛst/ Etymology: Appears in the 16th cent. for the earlier prest adj., prest n. The prefix im- occurs in Italian imprestare (and medieval Latin imprestāre ) to lend, impresto , imprestito advanced, lent (compare Old French emprest a loan), imprestanza (Old French imprestance ) a loan, advance, but in English may have been partly due to a misunderstanding of the common phrase in prest (money ): see prest adj. †A. adj. Of money: Lent, or paid in advance, advanced, esp. to soldiers, sailors, and public officials. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid in advance imprest1570 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > lent loaned1556 imprest1570 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4. §1 Receiver of any Sums of Money imprest, or otherwise, for the Use of the Queen's Majesty. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile To Earle of Pembroke sig. A2^v Such imprest money I doe not like, but protest against it and the pay-master. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Imprest Money, is money paid to Souldiers before hand. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2580/4 Some Seamen..having received Imprest Money or Wages..have Absconded. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 87 Accomptant for Imprest Money for paying of Incidents. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 257 To insure the..imprest Money advanced to Seamen. B. n.¹ a. An advance (of money) made to one who is charged with some business by the state, to enable him to proceed with the discharge of the same. †Formerly, also, advance-pay of soldiers or sailors. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay in advance prest1359 press money1434 imprest1568 impress1600 fore-wages1606 subsistence money1677 subsistence1688 subsist money1749 sub1779 sub money1779 subsist1814 subsistence allowance1860 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay dead pay1565 imprest1568 mort-pay1588 X factor1969 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1619) 678/1 I did accept in way of imprest, and not of gift. 1588 Ld. Burghley Copie Let. to B. Mendoza 20 For the Nauie of England..bargaines are already made, and Imprest of money deliuered, and certaine sent into the Estlands, for great store of al maritime prouisions. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B2 They [sc. the soldiers] haue their imprest, coates, and furniture. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 242 Upon every Contract we make, we give the Victualers an imprest beforehand. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. xvii. 362 Hee had lately received a great imprest of Spanish money. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6141/2 Navy-Office, Feb. 20, 1722..All Persons who have any Imprest standing out against them..are advised to bring in their Bills. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. i. 9 The Government agreed to advance them 10,000 upon imprest. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vii. 690 The moneys drawn from the Exchequer are applied partly to final payments, and partly to advances or ‘imprests’. b. In general sense: An advance, a loan. (In quots. said of the borrower.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan loana1400 prest?c1430 apprest1443 press money1561 accommodation1595 imprest1680 bank loan1721 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence 116 There is nothing which doth more impoverish a Prince, than Imprests of Money at great usance. a1719 J. Flamsteed in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1096 I would not cumber my..estate with imprests or securitys. 1957 F. King Man on Rock iii. 81 He drew up a log~book for the car, checked the postage imprest. 1958 E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart iv. 48 Off you go, see the foreign editor, get an imprest—don't imagine you can squander money on this trip, though! c. Auditor of the Imprest (see quot. 1670). bill of imprest, an order authorizing a person to draw money in advance: cf. imprest-bill n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > order authorizing a money advance imprest-bill1615 bill of imprest1665 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > auditor > types of auditor of the prests1657 Auditor of the Imprest1665 district auditor1868 internal auditor1869 1665 S. Pepys Diary 13 Dec. (1972) VI. 327 I did get a bill of imprest to Captain Cocke, to pay myselfe in part. 1668 London Gaz. No. 277/4 All such Accounts as pass by the Auditors of Imprests. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Auditor of the Prests or Imprests, Are..Officers in the Exchequer, who take and make up the great Accompts of Ireland, Berwick, the Mint, and of any Money imprested to any Man for His Majesties service. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage ii. 7 After he had so profitable a Post, as Auditor of the Imprest. 1781 Act 21 Geo. III c. 56 §10 The Receipt of the Vice-Chancellor shall be allowed by the Auditor and Auditors of the Imprest. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as imprest-account, imprest-accountant (see quot. 1865); † imprest-bill n. Obsolete = bill of imprest at sense B. c.† imprest-office n. Obsolete formerly, a department of the Admiralty which attended to the advances made to paymasters and other officials. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > order authorizing a money advance imprest-bill1615 bill of imprest1665 1615 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 60 For this debt I have his imprest bills. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Oct. (1972) VII. 328 The clearing all my imprest bills. 1865 Times 17 Aug. The person to whom the advance is made is called the ‘imprest accountant’. 1893 Daily News 27 Aug. 7/1 The ‘imprest’ account..related to sums advanced to officers for the purpose of making inquiries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † imprestv.¹ Etymology: < Italian imprestare (and medieval Latin imprestāre) to lend: see imprest n.¹, and the earlier prest v.¹ Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To advance, lend (money). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] prest1477 imprest1565 sub1858 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service [verb (transitive)] > pay in advance > pay (money) in advance imprest1565 impressa1684 front1966 1565 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to Bedford in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 28 The other 2000l...to imprest some part thereof to the new numbers of the 600 footmen and 100 horsemen. 1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. ii. 3 Both of them had money imprested; Sir Thomas Lucas to compleat his Troope.., Captaine Armstrong to raise a new Troop. 1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 331 The sum that shall be imprested by the exchequer to the bank, to answer these drafts. 1810 Ann. Reg. 453 These half-yearly accounts do not exhibit the money imprested to the conductor, or the balance due from him. b. With inverted construction: To furnish (a person) with an advance of money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] > lend (a person) money lendc1440 imprest1612 loan1785 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service [verb (transitive)] > pay in advance prest1539 imprest1612 sub1858 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 57 He should haue four thousand Markes for the first yeare, whereof he should bee imprested 2000. li. before hand. 1613 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 23 This day I impresed [=imprested] my mother in lawe..w^th 50^li ster. to sett the worck in hande. 2. To draw (a bill or money by a bill). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > use bills of exchange protest1479 retire1610 imprest1617 to take up1655 honour1664 discount1671 indulge1766 dishonour1811 cover1866 sight1866 protect1884 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 207 Billes imprested upon accounts here. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 13 June (1970) II. 120 So to the Wardrobe and got my Lord to order Mr. Creed to imprest so much upon me, to be paid by Alderman Backwell. Derivatives imˈpresting n. advancing (of money), loan. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] lendinga1340 impresting1565 danism1623 money-mongering1650 soucaring1785 moneylending1787 onlending1976 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > [noun] > in advance impresting1565 1565 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to Bedford in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 28 The impresting to him of 1000l. might stand him in stead for the help to defend himself. 1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 2 Greate sommes of money..by waie of imprestinge yealded to the said Kinge since he came to the crowne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † imprestv.² Etymology: < imprest, -pressed, past participle of impress v.², perhaps confused with imprest v.¹ Obsolete. transitive. To impress for the army or navy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist prest1481 press1542 impress1598 imprest1645 lot1757 conscribe1806 conscript1813 draft1862 press-gang1899 to comb out1916 1645 W. Prynne Fresh Discov. Stars x. 44 You have your Husbands, your Sons and Servants, Imprested [pamphlet source, Martins Eccho 18: impress'd] from you. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 105 English men were anciently used to be imprested for the Warres in France. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 174 He will join as many Shields together..to fortify the Nobility of a new made Lord, that will pay for the impresting of them, and allow him Coat and Conduct Money. 1704 Royal Proclam. 14 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 4081/2 Captains..Imployed in Impresting Men for Our Fleet. 1708 Royal Proclam. 14 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 4415/3 No Men shall be Imprested from any Merchant Ships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † imprestv.³ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impress v.¹ Etymology: Irregular variant of impress v.¹, probably arising from the confusion of impress and imprest seen in imprest v.¹ and imprest v.² Obsolete. rare. = impress v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] imprest1652 bear1658 evirtuate1676 tell1779 to come into ——1881 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 93 Either the Stars doe inflow, and imprest, yea portend, and signify perpetually; or not. Derivatives imˈpresting n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] > imparting character impresting1696 characterizing1850 1696 Allestree's Gentlemans Calling (new ed.) 111 It is..the duty of those who are possest of this advantage, to use it to the impresting not of Vice, but Vertue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.²1610adj.n.¹1568v.¹1565v.²1645v.³1652
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