PRESS
PRESS, verb transitive [Latin pressus.]1. To urge with force or weight; a word of extensive use, denoting the application of any power, physical or moral, to something that is t...
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PRESS-GANG
PRESS'-GANG, noun [press and gang.] A detachment of seamen under the command of an officer, empowered to impress men into the naval service.
PRESSED
PRESS'ED, participle passive Urged by force or weight; constrained; distressed; crowded; embraced; made smooth and glossy by pressure, as cloth.
PRESSER
PRESS'ER, noun One that presses.
PRESSING
PRESS'ING, participle present tense Urging with force or weight; squeezing; constraining; crowding; embracing; distressing; forcing into service; rolling in a press.1.adjective ...
PRESSINGLY
PRESS'INGLY, adverb With force or urgency; closely.
PRESSION
PRES'SION, noun The act of pressing. But pressure is more generally used.1. In the Cartesian philosophy, an endeavor to move.
PRESSITANT
PRESS'ITANT, adjective Gravitating; heavy. [Not in use.]
PRESSMAN
PRESS'MAN, noun In printing, the man who manages the press and impresses the sheets.1. One of a press-gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service.PRESS'-MONEY, noun Mon...
PRESSURE
PRESS'URE, noun [Latin pressura.] The act of pressing or urging with force.1. The act of squeezing or crushing. Wine is obtained by the pressure of grapes.2. The state of being ...
PREST
PREST, sometimes used for pressed. [See Press.]PREST, adjective [Latin proesto, to stand before or forward; proe and sto.]1. Ready; prompt.2. Neat; tight.PREST, noun A loan.1. F...
PREST-MONEY
PREST'-MONEY, noun Money paid to men impressed into the service.
PRESTATION
PRESTA'TION, noun [Latin proestatio.] Formerly, a payment of money; sometimes used for purveyance.
PRESTATION-MONEY
PRESTA'TION-MONEY, noun A sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop, pro exteriore jurisdictione.
PRESTER
PRES'TER, noun [Gr. to kindle or inflame.]1. A meteor thrown from the clouds with such violence, that by collision it is set on fire.2. The external part of the neck, which swel...
PRESTIGES
PRES'TIGES, noun [Latin proestigioe.] Juggling tricks; impostures.
PRESTIGIATION
PRESTIGIA'TION, noun [Latin proestigioe, tricks.] The playing of legerdemain tricks; a juggling.
PRESTIGIATOR
PRESTIGIA'TOR, noun A juggler; a cheat.
PRESTIGIATORY
PRESTIG'IATORY, adjective Juggling; consisting of impostures.
PRESTIGIOUS
PRESTIG'IOUS, adjective Practicing tricks; juggling.
PRESTIMONY
PRES'TIMONY, noun [Latin proesto, to supply; proe and sto.] In canon law, a fund for the support of a priest, appropriated by the founder, but not erected into any title of bene...
PRESTO
PRES'TO, adverb [Latin proesto.]1. In music, a direction for a quick lively movement or performance.2. Quickly; immediately; in haste.
PRESTRICTION
PRESTRIC'TION, noun [Latin proestringo, proestrictus.] Dimness.
PRESUMABLE
PRESU'MABLE, adjective s as z. [from presume.] That may be presumed; that may be supposed to be true or entitled to belief, without examination or direct evidence, or on probabl...
PRESUMABLY
PRESU'MABLY, adverb By presuming or supposing something to be true, without direct proof.
PRESUME
PRESU'ME, verb transitive s as z. [Latin proesumo; proe, before, and sumo, to take.] To take or suppose to be true or entitled to belief, without examination or positive proof, ...
PRESUMED
PRESU'MED, participle passive Supposed or taken to be true, or entitled to belief, without positive proof.