Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Push
push, n. [see push, v.] (webplay: answer, emergence, force, talk, weigh).
- Pressure; application of force; assault; attack.
- Emergence; rush; surge; eruption; sudden appearance.
- Onset; experience; occurrence; occasion; growth; enlargement; swelling.
- Determined advance; approach; [fig.] authority; influence; leverage; persuasion; power; compulsion.
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