Definition of press

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Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy..

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Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill..
Subaxillary :: Subaudition (n.) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied..
Dimplement :: Dimplement (n.) The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions..
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Wassail :: Wassail (n.) An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..
Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..
Desiderative :: Desiderative (n.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb..
Complimentary :: Complimentary (a.) Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket..
Print :: Print (n.) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate..
Bleeding :: Bleeding (a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion..
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
Cavendish :: Cavendish (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes..
Hyperbolically :: Hyperbolically (adv.) With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.
Frequentative :: Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb..
After-image :: After-image (n.) The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc..
Coward :: Coward (a.) Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity..
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