impress
v.v. to make someone feel admiration or respect. You do this by showing them how good, smart, or talented you are.
v. to affect someone with a feeling of admiration or respect. Transitive — requires a direct object, often a person or a group.
I want to impress my new boss today.
She worked late every night this week to impress the management team before the big promotion.
While technical skills are necessary to secure an interview, candidates often impress recruiters more through their ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and confidence.
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. Often used with the preposition 'with' or 'by' to indicate the cause of admiration.
He impressed of meHe impressed meImpress is a transitive verb and takes a direct object without a preposition like 'of'.