impressionize, v. rare.
(ɪmˈprɛʃənaɪz)
[f. impression n. + -ize.]
a. trans. To make an impression on; to introduce impressions into, to portray as an impression or set of impressions. b. intr. To gather impressions.
| 1894 F. M. Elliot Roman Gossip i. 15 He had..imagined this mise en scène to impressionise his fellow-citizens. 1894 H. James Notebks. (1947) 160, I must picture it [sc. a story to be written], summarize it, impressionize it, in a word—compress and confine it by making it the picture of what I see. 1905 D. Sladen Playing Game i. i. 16 Instead of thinking Japan a God-forsaken country..he was impressionizing in an indolent æsthetic way. |