Definition of Impressment

1. Noun. The act of coercing someone into government service.

Exact synonyms: Impress
Generic synonyms: Seizure
Derivative terms: Impress, Impress

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

1. [n -S]

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

impressiones digitatae
impressionism
impressionisms
impressionist
impressionistic
impressionistically
impressionists
impressionless
impressions
impressions for cerebral gyri
impressions of oesophagus
impressive
impressive aphasia
impressively
impressiveness
impressment (current term)
impressments
impressor
impressors
impresst
impressure
impressures
imprest
imprests
impreventable
imprimantur
imprimatur
imprimaturs
imprimery
impriming

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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