Part 5637

<h1>Impressment</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*press"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; <as>as, the <ex>impressment</ex> of provisions or of sailors</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The great scandal of our naval service -- <b>impressment</b> -- died a protracted death. <i>J. H. Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impressor</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*press"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., a printer.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, impresses.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Impressure</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*pres"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>impressure</ets>, LL. <ets>impressura</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dent; impression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Imprest</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prest"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[ <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imprested</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impresting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> + <ets>prest</ets>: cf. It. <ets>imprestare</ets>. See <er>Prest</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To advance on loan.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Imprest</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im"prest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>impresto</ets>, <ets>imprestito</ets>, LL. <ets>impraestitum</ets>. See <er>Imprest</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Impress</er> compulsion to serve.]</ety> <def>A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<blockquote>The clearing of their <b>imprests</b> for what little of their debts they have received. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Imprevalence, Imprevalency</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw><hw>Im*prev"a*lence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Im*prev"a*len*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of prevalence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Impreventability</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im`pre*vent`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being impreventable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Impreventable</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im`pre*vent"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not preventable; invitable.</def>

<h1>Imprimatur</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im`pri*ma"tur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., let it be printed.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.</def>

<h1>Imprimery</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prim"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>imprimerie</ets>, fr. <ets>imprimer</ets> to imprint.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A print; impression.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A printing establishment</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The art of printing.</def>

<h1>Impriming</h1> <Xpage=738>

<hw>Im*prim"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A begining.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Their springings and <i>imprimings</i>."