reimpressv.
/ˌriːɪmˈprɛs/, U.S. /ˌriᵻmˈprɛs/ transitive. To impress again (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding > again
re-enforcea1593
reinforce1610
reimpress1667
re-emphasize1856
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > have an effect on [verb (transitive)] > cause to have effect on > again
reimpress1667
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > impart a character or nature to [verb (transitive)] > stamp a character upon > again
reprint1605
reimprint1611
reimpress1667
restampa1711
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > again
reinspire1767
reimpress1838
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > have an effect on [verb (transitive)] > again
reimpress1838
the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [verb (transitive)]
quickOE
arearc1000
raisec1175
reara1325
upraisec1340
quickena1382
again-raisec1384
araisea1400
resuscea1400
revokea1413
recovera1425
revivec1425
suscitec1430
resuscite?c1450
risea1500
relive?1526
to call againa1529
resuscitate1532
requicken1576
refetch1599
reanimate1611
reinspire1611
reinanimatea1631
recreate1631
revivify1631
redivive1634
revivificate1660
resurrection1661
resurrect1773
re-embody1791
revivicate1798
re-energize1803
resurrectionize1804
revitalize1869
reimpress1883
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 72 Every particular command..tending to re-impress on us some part of that divine image.
a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 380 The lovely Graces on dear Psyche's Breast Macario's Speech so deeply re-imprest.
1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 140 Religion..will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 136 The whole family were duly impressed and re-impressed with her importance.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 192 He reimpresses on them the one simple need of the creature, seek God.
1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 217 The deity having the power to reimpress the deceased with life.
1934 Social Forces 12 415/1 The failure of the white man to respect the Negro merchant or professional man reimpresses the colored masses with a sense of Negro inadequacy.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1069 Mayer-Gross, Slater and Roth (1954)..state that ‘much that is impressed on the infant, if not re-impressed in later life, must become obliterated.’
2003 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 15 Dec. 13 Judy..directs The Nutcracker every two years in Prince George. It gives audiences enough time to develop an appetite for the show, and to be re-impressed by the splendorous sets, the magnificent costumes, the stirring spectacle of it all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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