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1. move, sway, bend, influence; persuade, win over, bring round; touch, reach, go to one's heart, Sl. get under one's skin; affect deeply, stir, disturb, bother, trouble; grab, galvanize, electrify, strike, overwhelm, overpower, bedazzle.

2. fix deeply, establish, ground, instill, plant, install.

3. urge, prevail upon, spur, prompt, induce; emphasize, bring home to.

4. stamp, imprint, mark, seal, engrave.

5. draw attention to oneself, show off, flaunt, swagger; make a show, cut or make a figure, Sl. cut a dash, Inf. cut a swath, Sl. cut a shine, Sl. cut a feather; make an impression, make a splash, Sl. snow; play up to, Sl. shine up to, work on.

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6. mark, imprint, print, stamp, seal, impression.

7. hallmark, earmark, keynote, characteristic; sign, sure sign, telltale sign, index, indicator.

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1.(usu. in reference to military service) draft, induct, conscript, conscribe, press, Naut. shanghai, crimp; recruit, enlist, Archaic. list, levy, muster in; activate, call up, mobilize.

2. seize, take possession of, expropriate, appropriate, arrogate, assume; requisition, confiscate, impound, Law. distrain; wrest from, take from, usurp, accroach; commandeer, hijack.

3. persuade, convince, induce, prevail on or upon; impel, oblige, constrain, compel, coerce; wheedle, cajole, coax.