Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Impressive

Impressive (im*pres"iv) , adjective

[Compare French impressif.]

1.
Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
2.
Capable of being impressed. [Obsolete] — Drayton