imprest

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In the contemplation of mind, from the highest order to the lowest rank,—from man, to the maggot that consumes him; we are imprest with the evidence of appropriate contrivance and infinite wisdom.

From Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect by Haslam, John

In the rule given by the A.P.A. for the substitution of ed for t, lasht and imprest are given as examples.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

Any one who has seen Irving's masterly representation of the dying Louis cannot but be imprest by the verisimilitude of Northcote's presentation.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry

This is that Henry IV., whose scene at Canossa with the Pope—Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire waiting three days in the snow to kiss the foot of excommunicative Gregory—has imprest itself on all memories.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

I know of no other use of the word "imprest" as a substantive; and though we see "debenture" often enough in railway reports, I cannot perceive the analogy between its meanings in the two cases.

From Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 by Various