impressing

To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

“You impressed me with your command of Urdu.”

To make an impression, to be impressive.

“Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.”

To produce a vivid impression of (something).

“That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.”

To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

“We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.”

To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.

“The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.”

To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

“The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.”