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empressement

(än pres män′)

noun

great or extreme attentiveness, care, or cordiality

Origin: Fr, eagerness < s'empresser, to be eager, hasten: see impress

See empressement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Effusive cordiality.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from (s')empresser, to be eager

Origin: : en-, in; see en-¹

Origin: + presser, to press (from Old French; see press¹)

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