Definition of press

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Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

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Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord..
Driving :: Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
Roman :: Roman (a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc..
Boce :: Boce (n.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue..
Metamorphic :: Metamorphic (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks..
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
Pressure :: Pressure (n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business..
Constructive :: Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred..
That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..
Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple..
Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..
Etching :: Etching (v. t.) An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
Exclaim :: Exclaim (v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; The field is won! he exclaimed..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations..
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74� or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..
Impressionableness :: Impressionableness (n.) The quality of being impressionable.
An :: An () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as twice an hour, once an age, a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every..
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