Etymology

appress

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Today it means: To press close to. Full definition →

Latin apprimō
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  1. Latin · derived fromapprimō“to press close to”
  2. English todayappress

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

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