Part 5636

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.</def>

<blockquote>Which must be read with an <b>impression</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; <as>as, a heavy <ex>impression</ex>; a clear, or a poor, <ex>impression</ex></as>; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.</def>

<blockquote>Ten <b>impressions</b> which his books have had. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Engraving)</fld> <def>A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.</def>

<cs><col>Proof impression</col>, <cd>one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.</cd></cs>

<h1>Impressionability</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres`sion*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being impressionable.</def>

<h1>Impresionable</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"ion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>impressionnable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible.</def>

<blockquote>He was too <b>impressionable</b>; he had too much of the temperament of genius. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A pretty face and an <b>impressionable</b> disposition. <i>T. Hook.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impressionableness</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"sion*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being impressionable.</def>

<h1>Impressionism</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"sion*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>impressionnisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.</def>

<h1>Impressionist</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"sion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>impressionniste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.</def>

<h1>Impressionistic</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres`sion*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.</def>

<h1>Impressionless</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"sion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.</def>

<h1>Impressive</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*press"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. impressif.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; <as>as, an <ex>impressive</ex> discourse; an <ex>impressive</ex> scene.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being impressed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

- <wordforms><wf>Im*press"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Im*press"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>