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empressement
em·presse·ment [ em préssmənt, N press mN ]


noun 
Definition:
 
warmth and cordiality: great attentiveness or cordiality ( literary )

[Early 18th century. < French, < empresser "urge, be eager" < presser (see press1)]
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