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1. (n.) impressment
the act of impressing people or property into public service or use.
Etymology: (1780–90)
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1. (noun) impress, impressment
the act of coercing someone into government service
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1. (noun) impressment
the act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. impressment
legalised enforcement of service in the British navy, which has for years been in abeyance, and is not likely to be ever again revived.
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