Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Press (-ed, prest)
presspresume (-d, presuming, -s)
press (-ed, prest), v. [ME < OFr < L. pressāre.] (webplay: books, closely, feet, force, hands, keeping, king's, pass, peace, pushing, slow, stand, toward, troubles, truth, turned).
- Push; hold; force; squeeze; thrust.
- Urge; give; impose; offer insistently.
- Crowd; pack; arrange; place together.
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