An*ga"ri*a"tion (#), n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angaus, Gr. (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.]

Exaction of forced service; compulsion.

[Obs.]

Speed.

 

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