An-gā'ri-ā'tion, n.

n. [L. Lat. angariatio, from Lat. angariare, to demand something as angaria, service to a lord, villenage, from angarius, a mounted courier, Gr. ἄγγαρος, a Persian word. These couriers were kept ready at regular stages throughout Persia for carrying the royal dispatches.] Compulsion; exertion. [Obs.] Speed.