Meaning of Impressment | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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 weeks”

“Although it was a warm day, she seemed to think⟳ of nothing but the fire. I fancied she was jealous even of the saucepan on it; and I have⟳ reason⟳ to know⟳ that she took its impressment into the service of boiling my egg and broiling my bacon, in dudgeon […]”

“A month later the governors of six more states, meeting in conference, enigmatically urged the impressment of slaves for “the public service as may be required.””

“[…] in years when need⟳ was pressing, […] the government would order⟳ the construction of extra ships at specified points on the shores of the Black Sea and Mediterranean, and the impressment of craftsmen to do the work⟳.”

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