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empressment

empressment is the alternative form of impressment.

Meaning of impressment

Noun

impressment (countable and uncountable, plural impressments)

  1. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service.
    • owing to the immense number of our sailors, and the extent of our commerce, we were enabled by impressment and other means, to fit out and man a powerful fleet in a few weeks1808 February 3, Hansard

Forms of empressment

pluralempressments

Origin of empressment

From empress + -ment.

Questions about empressment

What is empressment the alternative form of?
Empressment is the alternative form of impressment.

Words near empressment in the dictionary

  1. empresses dowagers
  2. empresses regnant
  3. empressing
  4. empressite
  5. empressites
  6. empressment
  7. empressments
  8. emprint
  9. emprinted
  10. emprinting
  11. emprints

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