impressionizev.
/ɪmˈprɛʃənʌɪz/ rare.
a. transitive. To make an impression on; to introduce impressions into, to portray as an impression or set of impressions.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > have an effect on [verb (transitive)]
gravec1374
bitec1400
rapt?1577
infecta1586
to come (also get, go) home to1625
to screw up1644
strike1672
strikea1701
impress1736
to touch up1796
to burn into1823
knock1883
hit1891
impressionize1894
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > to portray as an impression
impressionize1894
1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip i. 15 He had..imagined this mise en scène to impressionise his fellow-citizens.
1894 H. James Notebks. (1947) 160 I must picture it [sc. a story to be written], summarize it, impressionize it, in a word—compress and confine it by making it the picture of what I see.
b. intransitive. To gather impressions.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > be affected by impression [verb (intransitive)] > gather impressions
impressionize1905
1905 D. B. W. Sladen Playing the Game i. i. 16 Instead of thinking Japan a God-forsaken country..he was impressionizing in an indolent æsthetic way.
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