appress

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• appress — [ə prɛs] verb [usu. as adjective appressed] technical press (something) close to something else. Origin C17: from L. appress , apprimere press close …   English new terms dictionary

• appress — verb To press close to something else …   Wiktionary

• appress — …   Useful english dictionary

• appressed — adjective pressed close to or lying flat against something adpressed hairs along the plant s stem igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force L.V.Pirsson • Syn: ↑adpressed • Similar to: ↑close * * * /euh prest /, adj. pressed closely against… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Apprest — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Giovanni da Cascia — Giovanni da Cascia, also Jovannes de Cascia, Johannes de Florentia, Maestro Giovanni da Firenze, was an Italian composer of the medieval era, active in the middle of the fourteenth century.Virtually nothing is known about Giovanni s life. From… …   Wikipedia

• appressed — /euh prest /, adj. pressed closely against or fitting closely to something. [1785 95; < L appress(us) pressed to (ptp. of apprimere), equiv. to ap AP 1 + pressus (see PRESS1) + ED2] * * * …   Universalium

• appressorium — /ap re sawr ee euhm, sohr /, n., pl. appressoria / sawr ee euh, sohr /. Mycol. a flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant. [1895 1900; < NL, equiv. to L… …   Universalium

• appressed — adjective technical press (something) close to something else. → appress …   English new terms dictionary

• appressed — ap•pressed [[t]əˈprɛst[/t]] adj. pressed closely against or fitting closely to something • Etymology: 1785–95; < L appress(us), ptp. of apprimere to press to (ap I+ primere, comb. form ofpremereto press I) + ed II …   From formal English to slang