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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Direct :: Direct (a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word..
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
Haste :: Haste (n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever..
Compacted :: Compacted (a.) Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
Face :: Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount..
Language :: Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style..
Murder :: Murder (n.) The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide..
Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (a.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity..
Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile..
Despiteful :: Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.
Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..
Request :: Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Bestick :: Bestick (v. t.) To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce..
Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..
Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies..
Suppressor :: Suppressive (a.) Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
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