Verb

To display, to have somebody see (something).

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To bestow; to confer.

to show''' mercy; to '''show favour

To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

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To guide or escort.

To be visible, to be seen.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Just such she shows before a rising storm.

* (1809-1892)

All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.

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(informal) To put in an appearance; show up.

(informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

(racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

My lord of York, it better showed with you.

Verb

(es)

To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}

To make an impression, to be impressive.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, title=Moldova 0-5 England

, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}

To produce a vivid impression of (something).

To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

* Shakespeare

his heart, like an agate, with your print impressed

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

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

* I. Watts

Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.

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

To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

* Evelyn

the second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners