press warrantn.

Brit.

/ˈprɛs ˌwɒrənt/,

/ˈprɛs ˌwɒrn̩t/, U.S.

/ˈprɛs ˌwɔr(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: press n.³, press v.², warrant n.¹

Etymology: < either press n.³ or press v.² + warrant n.¹

Now historical.

A warrant giving authority to press men for service in the navy or army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > military warrant > spec

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T.S.1944

a1687 H. S. in Duke of Buckingham Sea-Officers in Wks. (1705) I. 93 And in their Pockets carried their Press-Warrants.

1717 A. Bruce Inst. Mil. Law ii. 101 Captains of Men of War, at the Commencement, and yearly thereafter during the War, do commonly receive press Warrants from the Lord High Admiral..for pressing men out of all Merchant Ships.

1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 147/2 Press-warrants were sent to Portsmouth, and next morning the press-gangs went on board the merchant ships.

1822 J. Galt Provost xxi. 161 The mob had taken it into their heads that I had signed, what they called the press-warrants.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. i. 9 They issued ‘press warrants’, calling upon the civil power throughout the country to support their officers in the discharge of their duty.

1904 Daily Chron. 3 Sept. 3/2 In 1673–4..Colonel Strode, the Governor of Dover Castle, had refused point blank to execute a press warrant till he knew what Parliament would say.

1934 Times 24 Dec. 6/2 What with fogs and Press Warrants, the Four Friends did not sail till November 8.

1970 William & Mary Q. 27 22 Supposing impressment could indeed be carried on, were press warrants from provincial authorities still necessary?

2005 Canad. Jrnl. Hist. (Nexis) 40 107 It [sc. impressment] was constrained in practice by..the insistence of some local magistrates that legal niceties had to be observed in the execution of press warrants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	press warrant
释义	press warrantn. Brit. /ˈprɛs ˌwɒrənt/, /ˈprɛs ˌwɒrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈprɛs ˌwɔr(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: press n.³, press v.², warrant n.¹ Etymology: < either press n.³ or press v.² + warrant n.¹ Now historical. A warrant giving authority to press men for service in the navy or army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > military warrant > spec libranza1598 press1598 press warranta1687 safeguard1706 T.S.1944 a1687 H. S. in Duke of Buckingham Sea-Officers in Wks. (1705) I. 93 And in their Pockets carried their Press-Warrants. 1717 A. Bruce Inst. Mil. Law ii. 101 Captains of Men of War, at the Commencement, and yearly thereafter during the War, do commonly receive press Warrants from the Lord High Admiral..for pressing men out of all Merchant Ships. 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 147/2 Press-warrants were sent to Portsmouth, and next morning the press-gangs went on board the merchant ships. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxi. 161 The mob had taken it into their heads that I had signed, what they called the press-warrants. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. i. 9 They issued ‘press warrants’, calling upon the civil power throughout the country to support their officers in the discharge of their duty. 1904 Daily Chron. 3 Sept. 3/2 In 1673–4..Colonel Strode, the Governor of Dover Castle, had refused point blank to execute a press warrant till he knew what Parliament would say. 1934 Times 24 Dec. 6/2 What with fogs and Press Warrants, the Four Friends did not sail till November 8. 1970 William & Mary Q. 27 22 Supposing impressment could indeed be carried on, were press warrants from provincial authorities still necessary? 2005 Canad. Jrnl. Hist. (Nexis) 40 107 It [sc. impressment] was constrained in practice by..the insistence of some local magistrates that legal niceties had to be observed in the execution of press warrants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1687
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