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pressed
(encz) | pressed,stlačený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pressed
(gcide) | Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr.
premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]
1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon
by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to
crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to
bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the
ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on
which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
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Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
--Luke vi. 38.
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2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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From sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.
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And I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand. --Gen. xl. 11.
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3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus,
in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press
cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to
press clothes.
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4. To embrace closely; to hug.
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Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope.
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5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
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Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.
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6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger.
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7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii.
5.
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8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as,
to press divine truth on an audience.
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He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
--Dryden.
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Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.
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9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race.
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The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii.
14.
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Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting
a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive
and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.
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Pressed brick. See under Brick.
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pressed
(wn) | pressed
adj 1: compacted by ironing |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
expressed
(mass) | expressed
- vyslovený, vyjadrený (slovami) |
impressed
(mass) | impressed
- dojatý, ohromený |
when a key is pressed
(mass) | when a key is pressed
- pri stlačení klávesu |
compressed
(encz) | compressed,komprimovaný Vladimír Pilný |
compressed air
(encz) | compressed air, n: |
compressed gas
(encz) | compressed gas, n: |
depressed
(encz) | depressed,deprimovaný adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,oslabený adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,pokleslý adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,postižený krizí Zdeněk Broždepressed,skleslý adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,stisknutý adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,stísněný adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,stlačený adj: Zdeněk Broždepressed,zbídačený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
depressed area
(encz) | depressed area,krizová oblast Zdeněk Brož |
depressed fracture
(encz) | depressed fracture, n: |
expressed
(encz) | expressed,vyjádřený adj: Zdeněk Brožexpressed,vyslovený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
expressed almond oil
(encz) | expressed almond oil, n: |
expressed preference methods.
(encz) | expressed preference methods.,metoda vyjádřených
preferencí [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hard pressed
(encz) | hard pressed,ve velké tísni Zdeněk Brož |
hard-pressed
(encz) | hard-pressed,přepracovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožhard-pressed,zle postižený Zdeněk Brož |
immunosuppressed
(encz) | immunosuppressed, adj: |
impressed
(encz) | impressed,dojatý adj: Zdeněk Brožimpressed,ohromený adj: Zdeněk Brožimpressed,vtisknutý adj: Zdeněk Brožimpressed,vtlačený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
oppressed
(encz) | oppressed,utiskovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožoppressed,utlačovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
repressed
(encz) | repressed,potlačený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
repressed inflation
(encz) | repressed inflation, |
suppressed
(encz) | suppressed,potlačený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
suppressed inflation
(encz) | suppressed inflation,potlačená inflace Zdeněk Brož |
the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
(encz) | the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native
proverbs, |
uncompressed
(encz) | uncompressed,dekomprimovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncompressed,rozbalený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unexpressed
(encz) | unexpressed,nevyjádřený Jaroslav Šedivý |
unimpressed
(encz) | unimpressed,nevýrazný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unpressed
(encz) | unpressed, |
unrepressed
(encz) | unrepressed, adj: |
unsuppressed
(encz) | unsuppressed, |
Adpressed
(gcide) | Adpress \Ad*press"\, v. t. [L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere.]
See Appressed. -- Ad*pressed",, a.
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Appressed
(gcide) | Appressed \Ap*pressed"\, Apprest \Ap*prest"\, a. [p. p. appress,
which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.)
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole
length, as against a stem. --Gray.
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Compressed
(gcide) | Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
pressure.
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2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
force of compressed air.
[1913 Webster]Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr &
vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to
compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower
compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact;
to condense; as, to compress air or water.
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Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
compass of a single life. --D. Webster.
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The same strength of expression, though more
compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
--Melmoth.
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2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
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3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of
binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a
smaller number of bits while preserving the information
content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to
recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
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Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
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compressed tight
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
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3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
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4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
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5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
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6. closed with shutters.
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7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
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8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
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9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
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10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
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11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
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12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
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13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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Compressed yeast
(gcide) | Compressed yeast \Com*pressed" yeast\
A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in
which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and
mixing with starch or flour.
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Compressed-air engine
(gcide) | Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
pressure.
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2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
force of compressed air.
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Depressed
(gcide) | Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de-
+ premere to press. See Press.]
1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
"With lips depressed." --Tennyson.
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2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
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3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were
depressed.
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4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as
trade, commerce, etc.
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5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
cheapen; to depreciate.
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6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
the equator.
Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble;
degrade; dispirit; discourage.
[1913 Webster]Depressed \De*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited;
sad; humbled.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose
disk is lower than the border.
(b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close
to the ground.
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3. (Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the
horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of
animals, or of parts of the bodies.
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Expressed
(gcide) | Express \Ex*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expressing.] [Cf. OF. espresser, expresser, L.
exprimere, expressum. See Express, a.; cf. Sprain.]
1. To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of
grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
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All the fruits out of which drink is expressed.
--Bacon.
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And th'idle breath all utterly expressed. --Spenser.
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Halters and racks can not express from thee
More than by deeds. --B. Jonson.
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2. To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or
likeness; to represent; to resemble.
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Each skillful artist shall express thy form. --E.
Smith.
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So kids and whelps their sires and dams express.
--Dryden.
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3. To give a true impression of; to represent and make known;
to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an
opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by
language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
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My words express my purpose. --Shak.
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They expressed in their lives those excellent
doctrines of morality. --Addison.
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4. To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what
is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to
appear; -- used reflexively.
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Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation
against me, one evening. --Pope.
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5. To denote; to designate.
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Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed
by their names. --Num. i. 17.
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6. To send by express messenger; to forward by special
opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to
express a package.
7. (Genetics) to produce products that cause the appearance
of the corresponding phenotype; -- of a gene or of an
organism with a specific gene; as, to express the
beta-galactosidase gene,
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Syn: To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.
[1913 Webster]expressed \expressed\ adj.
1. Communicated in words.
Syn: uttered, verbalized.
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2. Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to
implication. Opposite of implicit. [Narrower terms:
graphic] Also See: definite, denotative, denotive,
overt, open, unequivocal, unambiguous.
Syn: explicit, express.
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expressed
(gcide) | Express \Ex*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expressing.] [Cf. OF. espresser, expresser, L.
exprimere, expressum. See Express, a.; cf. Sprain.]
1. To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of
grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
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All the fruits out of which drink is expressed.
--Bacon.
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And th'idle breath all utterly expressed. --Spenser.
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Halters and racks can not express from thee
More than by deeds. --B. Jonson.
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2. To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or
likeness; to represent; to resemble.
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Each skillful artist shall express thy form. --E.
Smith.
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So kids and whelps their sires and dams express.
--Dryden.
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3. To give a true impression of; to represent and make known;
to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an
opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by
language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
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My words express my purpose. --Shak.
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They expressed in their lives those excellent
doctrines of morality. --Addison.
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4. To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what
is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to
appear; -- used reflexively.
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Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation
against me, one evening. --Pope.
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5. To denote; to designate.
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Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed
by their names. --Num. i. 17.
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6. To send by express messenger; to forward by special
opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to
express a package.
7. (Genetics) to produce products that cause the appearance
of the corresponding phenotype; -- of a gene or of an
organism with a specific gene; as, to express the
beta-galactosidase gene,
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Syn: To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.
[1913 Webster]expressed \expressed\ adj.
1. Communicated in words.
Syn: uttered, verbalized.
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2. Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to
implication. Opposite of implicit. [Narrower terms:
graphic] Also See: definite, denotative, denotive,
overt, open, unequivocal, unambiguous.
Syn: explicit, express.
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hard-pressed
(gcide) | hard-pressed \hard-pressed\ adj.
facing or experiencing trouble or difficulty; as, financially
hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices; they
were hard-pressed to find a substitute on short notice; --
see distressed[1].
Syn: distressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in
trouble(predicate).
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Hotpressed
(gcide) | Hotpressed \Hot"pressed`\, a.
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
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Impressed
(gcide) | Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Impressing.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to
impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to
squeeze, and cf. Imprint.]
1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by
pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears
the impression).
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His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
--Shak.
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2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.
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4. [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.] To take by force for
public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
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The second five thousand pounds impressed for the
service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]impressed \impressed\ pred. adj.
having the conscious mind deeply or markedly affected or
influenced; -- usually used with by or with.
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impressed
(gcide) | Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Impressing.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to
impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to
squeeze, and cf. Imprint.]
1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by
pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears
the impression).
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His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
--Shak.
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2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.
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4. [See Imprest, Impress, n., 5.] To take by force for
public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
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The second five thousand pounds impressed for the
service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]impressed \impressed\ pred. adj.
having the conscious mind deeply or markedly affected or
influenced; -- usually used with by or with.
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Obcompressed
(gcide) | Obcompressed \Ob"com*pressed"\ a. [Pref. ob- + compressed.]
Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way
opposite to the usual one.
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Oppressed
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
of food oppresses the stomach.
[1913 Webster]oppressed \oppressed\ adj.
having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.
Syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
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oppressed
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
of food oppresses the stomach.
[1913 Webster]oppressed \oppressed\ adj.
having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.
Syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
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pent-up repressed
(gcide) | inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited.
[Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled,
strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved,
restrained.
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2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal
emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too
inhibited to make friends easily.
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Pressed
(gcide) | Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr.
premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]
1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon
by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to
crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to
bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the
ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on
which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
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Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
--Luke vi. 38.
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2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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From sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.
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And I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand. --Gen. xl. 11.
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3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus,
in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press
cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to
press clothes.
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4. To embrace closely; to hug.
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Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope.
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5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
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Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.
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6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger.
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7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii.
5.
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8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as,
to press divine truth on an audience.
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He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
--Dryden.
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Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.
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9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race.
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The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii.
14.
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Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting
a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive
and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.
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Pressed brick. See under Brick.
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Pressed brick
(gcide) | Press \Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr.
premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]
1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon
by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to
crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to
bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the
ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on
which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
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Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together.
--Luke vi. 38.
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2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of;
to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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From sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.
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And I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand. --Gen. xl. 11.
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3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus,
in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press
cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to
press clothes.
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4. To embrace closely; to hug.
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Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope.
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5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
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Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.
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6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger.
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7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon
or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii.
5.
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8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as,
to press divine truth on an audience.
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He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
--Dryden.
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Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.
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9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race.
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The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed
on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii.
14.
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Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting
a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive
and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.
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Pressed brick. See under Brick.
[1913 Webster]Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the
root of E. break. See Break.]
1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded
into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried,
or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
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The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
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2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
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Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
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3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
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To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
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Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
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Brick clay, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
Brick dust, dust of pounded or broken bricks.
Brick earth, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making,
bricks.
Brick loaf, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in
shape.
Brick nogging (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the
spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick
filling.
Brick tea, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea,
steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form
of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S.
W. Williams.
Brick trimmer (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually
within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against
accidents by fire.
Brick trowel. See Trowel.
Brick works, a place where bricks are made.
Bath brick. See under Bath, a city.
Pressed brick, bricks which, before burning, have been
subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections
of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.
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Pressed glass
(gcide) | Glass \Glass\ (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin
to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf.
AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. Glare, n., Glaze, v.
t.]
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1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture,
and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime,
potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes
and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for
lenses, and various articles of ornament.
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Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides;
thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous),
red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium,
yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown;
gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium,
emerald green; antimony, yellow.
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2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance,
and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
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3. Anything made of glass. Especially:
(a) A looking-glass; a mirror.
(b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time;
an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a
vessel is exhausted of its sand.
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She would not live
The running of one glass. --Shak.
(c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous
liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
(d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the
plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears
glasses.
(e) A weatherglass; a barometer.
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Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or
glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.
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Bohemian glass, Cut glass, etc. See under Bohemian,
Cut, etc.
Crown glass, a variety of glass, used for making the finest
plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of
silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of
lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of
crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it
in the process of blowing.
Crystal glass, or Flint glass. See Flint glass, in the
Vocabulary.
Cylinder glass, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in
the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally,
opened out, and flattened.
Glass of antimony, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with
sulphide.
Glass cloth, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.
Glass coach, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for
the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so
called because originally private carriages alone had
glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart.
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Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from
which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this
term, which is never used in America, hired
carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F.
Cooper.
Glass cutter.
(a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window
panes, ets.
(b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and
polishing.
(c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for
cutting glass.
Glass cutting.
(a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of
glass into panes with a diamond.
(b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by
appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand,
emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied;
especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth
ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental
scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved.
Glass metal, the fused material for making glass.
Glass painting, the art or process of producing decorative
effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and
combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of
lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting
and glass staining (see Glass staining, below) are used
indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows,
and the like.
Glass paper, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used
for abrasive purposes.
Glass silk, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion,
on rapidly rotating heated cylinders.
Glass silvering, the process of transforming plate glass
into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a
deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.
Glass soap, or Glassmaker's soap, the black oxide of
manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take
away color from the materials for glass.
Glass staining, the art or practice of coloring glass in
its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in
a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.
Cf. Glass painting.
Glass tears. See Rupert's drop.
Glass works, an establishment where glass is made.
Heavy glass, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially
of a borosilicate of potash.
Millefiore glass. See Millefiore.
Plate glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates,
and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and
the best windows.
Pressed glass, glass articles formed in molds by pressure
when hot.
Soluble glass (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium,
found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder,
or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for
rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial
stone, etc.; -- called also water glass.
Spun glass, glass drawn into a thread while liquid.
Toughened glass, Tempered glass, glass finely tempered or
annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by
plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine,
etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the
process, Bastie glass.
Water glass. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, above.
Window glass, glass in panes suitable for windows.
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stifled strangled suppressed
(gcide) | inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited.
[Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled,
strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved,
restrained.
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2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal
emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too
inhibited to make friends easily.
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Subcompressed
(gcide) | Subcompressed \Sub`com*pressed"\, a.
Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
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Suppressed
(gcide) | Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
Sub-, and Press.]
1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
J. Davies.
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2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
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3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
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She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
pleasing suspense. --Broome.
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4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
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Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.
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Uncompressed
(gcide) | Uncompressed \Uncompressed\
See compressed. |
Undepressed
(gcide) | Undepressed \Undepressed\
See depressed. |
Unexpressed
(gcide) | Unexpressed \Unexpressed\
See expressed. |
Unimpressed
(gcide) | Unimpressed \Unimpressed\
See impressed. |
Unpressed
(gcide) | Unpressed \Unpressed\
See pressed. |
Unrepressed
(gcide) | Unrepressed \Unrepressed\
See repressed. |
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