DURESSES

Verb

duresses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duress

Source: Wiktionary

DURESS

Du"ress, n. Etym: [OF. duresse, du, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.]

1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.

2. (Law)

Definition: The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.

Du*ress", v. t.

Definition: To subject to duress. "The party duressed." Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition