Word Meanings - IMPRESSMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPRESSMENT)

• Conscription
• Impressment
• drafting

Related words: (words related to IMPRESSMENT)

• DRAFT
  1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both
• DRAFTSMAN
  See DRAUGHTSMAN
• IMPRESSMENT
  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.
• CONSCRIPTION
  1. An enrolling or registering. The conscription of men of war. Bp. Burnet. 2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.
• OVERDRAFT
  The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.
• REDRAFT
  To draft or draw anew.