Meanings
adjectivepressive (comparative more pressive, superlative most pressive)
comparative more pressive · superlative most pressive
- obsoleteoppressive
pressive taxation
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The more unwillingness they saw in Christ to give his answer, the more pressive and importunate they were to draw it from him
1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
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Rhymes with pressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressiveprocessivedigressiveabessive
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APA
pressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressive
MLA
“pressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pressive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressive.
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