English Explanatory Dictionary

appress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To press close to.

Word forms

appress appresses appressing appressed adpress

Etymology

An adaptation of appress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin apprimō (“to press close to”).

Derived words

appression
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