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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Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd..
Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.
Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Way :: Way (n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas..
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art..
Printing :: Printing (n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints..
-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..
Weightiness :: Weightiness (n.) The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
Idiotism :: Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language..
Groan :: Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans..
Articulate :: Articulate (a.) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Vote :: Vote (n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence..
Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Classicism :: Classicism (n.) A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.
Hallelujah :: Hallelujah (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration..
Passion :: Passion (n.) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Aorist :: Aorist (n.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate..
Verb :: Verb (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action..
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