impressure

English

Etymology

Compare Old French impressure, Late Latin impressūra.

Noun

impressure (plural impressures)

(obsolete) dent; impression
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], lines 22-24:
  Lean but upon a rush, / The cicatrice and capable impressure / Thy palm some moment keeps.

Latin

Participle

impressūre

vocative masculine singular of impressūrus

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