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Synonyms for impressment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pres-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɛs mənt |
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Définition of impressment
Origin :- 1796, "act of impressing into service," from impress (v.) + -ment.
- As in draft : noun military conscription
- The subjects of impressment and blockades were not embraced in it.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- The articles on maritime rights and impressment were set aside.
- Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
- An illustration still closer to the point is that of impressment.
- Extract from : « The Subjection of Women » by John Stuart Mill
- The most serious difficulty in the way of negotiation had been the question of impressment.
- Extract from : « James Madison » by Sydney Howard Gay
- This was the British defense for impressment of seamen on American ships.
- Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge
- His seizure by those rascals, his impressment, and what had followed.
- Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton
- This day is memorable for the impressment of seamen into the British service.
- Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
- I will show them what his opinions were on the subject of impressment.
- Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various
- This was said particularly with respect to the impressment of our seamen.
- Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various
- Instead of that it got them by a method which was called "impressment."
- Extract from : « The Boys of 1812 and Other Naval Heroes » by James Russell Soley
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