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PRESS'URE, n. [L. pressura.] The act of pressing or urging with force. 1. The ac...
PRESS'MAN, n. In printing, the man who manages the press and impresses the sheet...
PRESS'ITANT, a. Gravitating; heavy. [Not in use.]
PRES'SION, n. The act of pressing. but pressure is more generally used. 1. In th...
PRESS'INGLY, adv. With force or urgency; closely.
PRESS'ING, ppr. Urging with force or weight; squeezing; constraining; crowding; ...
PRESS'ER, n. One that presses.
PRESS'ED, pp. Urged by force or weight; constrained; distressed; crowded; embrac...
PRESS'-GANG, n. [press and gang.] A detachment of seamen under the command of an...
PRESS, v.t. [L.pressus.] 1. To urge with force or weight; a word of extensive us...
PRESIG'NIFY, v.t. [pre and signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand; to show ...
PRESIGNIFICA'TION, n. [from presignify.] The act of signifying or showing before...
PRESID'IAL PRESID'IARY, a. [L. proesidium, a garrison; proe and sedeo.] Pertaini...
PRES'IDENTSHIP, n. The office and place of president. 1. The term for which a pr...
PRESIDEN'TIAL, a. Pertaining to a president; as the presidential chair. 1. Presi...
PRES'IDENT, n. [L. proesidens.] 1. An officer elected or appointed to preside ov...