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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• impress:
    1. I. To press upon: imprĭmo, essi, essum, 3: to i. a seal in wax, sigillum in cera imp., Cic. Ac. 2, 26, extr.: to i. the lip of the cupping-glass upon the body, os cucurbitulae corpori imp., Cels. 2, 11. See also to press.
    2. II. To urge upon the mind: inculco, 1 (implying reiteration): to teach, or rather, i. upon the mind, tradere, vel etiam inc., Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127: to i. a thing upon any one's memory, aliquid memoriae alicujus inc., Quint. 6, 4, 5. (Not imprimo in this sense.)
    3. III. To produce an effect upon the mind: mŏveo, mōvi, tum, 2 (to influence): Cic.: Liv.: v. impression (II.). Stronger is permoveo, Cic.: Caes. Phr.: this remark very deeply i.'d him, quod verbum in pectus (ejus) alte descendit, cf. Sall. Jug. 11, fin.
    4. IV. To compel to enter the public service: aliquem invitum scribo, sacramento adigo, etc.: v. to enlist. Or perh. conquiro, cf. Liv. 23, 32, fin., conquisitionem militum habere.