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Definition of Impressment
1. Noun. The act of coercing someone into government service.
Definition of Impressment
1. n. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.
Definition of Impressment
1. Noun. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impressment
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Medical Definition of Impressment
1. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. "The great scandal of our naval service impressment died a protracted death." (J. H. Burton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impressment
Literary usage of Impressment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third by Thomas Erskine May (1899)
"But impressment is the arbitrary and capricious seizure of individuals from among
the general body of citizens. It differs from conscription, ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1891)
"But impressment is the arbitrary and capricious seizure of individuals from ...
The impressment of soldiers for the wars was formerly exercised as part of ..."
3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1906)
"impressment was too strong to be resisted by Parliament. The class on whom it
fell, however, found little sympathy from society. ..."
4. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster: With an Essay on Daniel by Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple (1914)
"M т LORD, —We ha ve had lèverai conversations on the subject of impressment, but
I do not understand that your Lordship has instructions from your ..."
5. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"... incident to a prosecution of the war, you may omit any stipulation on the
subject of impressment, if found indispensably necessary to terminate it. ..."
6. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"In calling your attention to the passage which treats of impressment, in reference
to the practice which should be observed in future, we remarked that the ..."
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