Definition of press

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Press (v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force..

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Air Gun :: Air gun () A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger..
Shrill :: Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature..
Xylograph :: Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography..
Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..
Optatively :: Optatively (adv.) In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.
Paragraph :: Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold..
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor..
Type :: Type (v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
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Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter..
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..
Hypnotism :: Hypnotism (n.) A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body..
Justice :: "Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice..
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Press :: Press (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward.
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a graphic writer..
Express :: Express (a.) To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6..
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