impress-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact on

Examples:
The child impressed me as unusually mature.
Her masterful control of the bow impressed the audience.
My mother impressed on us kids the importance good hygene.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amuse-31.1
FrameNet: Experiencer_obj
PropBank: impress.01,impress.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: imprint

Examples:
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax.
Typing or otherwise impressing printing on one side of the envelope causes corresponding marks on the message section.
For the color to take form and impress itself on the stuff, some additional component is needed.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5, 7

Sense Number 3: conscript; force into service

Examples:
The Royal Navy also impressed seamen from inbound British merchant ships at sea.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6