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em⋅presse⋅ment

[ahn-pres-mahn]
–noun, plural -ments [-mahn] . French.
display of cordiality.
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em·presse·ment   (äɴ'prěs-mäɴ')   
n.  Effusive cordiality.

[French, from (s')empresser, to be eager : en-, in; see en-1 + presser, to press (from Old French; see press1).]
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