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An East Indian insectivore [Tupaia ferruginea]. It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.		 n.
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To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.		 n.
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A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.		 n.
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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.		 v.
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To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.		 v.
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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.		 v.
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To embrace closely; to hug.		 v.
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To oppress; to bear hard upon.		 v.
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To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.		 v.
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To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.		 v.
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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.		 v.
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To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.		 v.
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To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.		 v. i.
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To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.		 v. i.
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To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.		 v. i.
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An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.		 n.
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Specifically, a printing press.		 n.
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The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.		 n.
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An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.		 n.
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The act of pressing or thronging forward.		 n.
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Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.		 n.
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A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.		 n.
Acupressure A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. n.
Adpress See Appressed. v. t.
Appressed Alt. of Apprest a.
Bramah press A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
Misexpression Wrong expression. n.
Obcompressed Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one. a.
Oppressed of Oppress imp. & p. p.
Oppressing of Oppress p. pr. & vb. n.
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.		 v. t.
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To ravish; to violate.		 v. t.
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To put down; to crush out; to suppress.		 v. t.
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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.		 v. t.
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The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.		 n.
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That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.		 n.
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A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.		 n.
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Ravishment; rape.		 n.
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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.		 a.
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Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.		 a.
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Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.		 a.
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One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.		 n.
Oppressure Oppression. n.
Overpress To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. v. t.
Overpress To overcome by importunity. v. t.
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Excessive pressure or urging.		 n.
Presscapula The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula. n.
Pressed of Press imp. & p. p.
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of Press		 p. pr. & vb. n.
Presser One who, or that which, presses. n.
Pressgang See Press gang, under Press. n.
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Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.		 a.
Pression The act of pressing; pressure. n.