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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:im·press
PRONUNCIATION:  m-prs
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
1. To compel (a person) to serve in a military force. 2. To seize (property) by force or authority; confiscate.
NOUN:(mprs) Impressment.
ETYMOLOGY: in–2 + press2 (influenced by obsolete imprest, advance on a soldier's pay).
 
 
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