appress

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verb

To press close to.

OriginLatin apprimō →
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Meanings

verbappress (third-person singular simple present appresses, present participle appressing, simple past and past participle appressed)

present singular third person appresses · participle present appressing · participle past appressed · past appressed · alternative adpress

  1. transitiveTo press close to.

Origin

  1. Latinapprimō“to press close to”
  2. Englishappress

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

prepass
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