impressment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service. countable,uncountable
    — 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

词形变化

impressments plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimō
Latin impressusder.
Middle English impressen
English impress
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English impressment
From impress + -ment.
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