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| Press |
| (Zoöl.) |
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.
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To
force into service, particularly into naval service; to
impress.
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A commission to force men into public
service, particularly into the navy.
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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.
To squeeze, in order to extract the juice
or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
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.
To embrace closely; to hug.
To oppress; to bear hard upon.
To straiten; to distress; as, to be
pressed with want or hunger.
To exercise very powerful or irresistible
influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
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.
To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge
on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
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To
exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady
force.
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.
To urge with vehemence or importunity; to
exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses
upon the judgment.
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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.
Specifically, a printing press.
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.
An upright case or closet for the safe
keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
The act of pressing or thronging
forward.
Urgent demands of business or affairs;
urgency; as, a press of engagements.
A multitude of individuals crowded
together; (?) crowd of single things; a throng.
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