Pres″sion (?), n. [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th Press.] 1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton.
2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.