Definition of press

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Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

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Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle..
Polynomial :: Polynomial (n.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2..
Impress :: Impress (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
Proof :: Proof (n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies..
Scruze :: Scruze (v. t.) To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise..
Caress :: Caress (n.) An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Tilly-vally :: Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent..
Rueful :: Rueful (a.) Expressing sorrow.
Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom..
Affright :: Affright (v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits..
Express :: Express (a.) Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially..
Copra :: Copra (n.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed..
Cyprine :: Cyprine (a.) Of or pertaining to the cypress.
Locution :: Locution (n.) Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
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