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ap⋅pressed

  [uh-prest]
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–adjective
pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.
Origin:
1785–95; < L appress(us) pressed to (ptp. of apprimere), equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + pressus (see press 1 ) + -ed 2
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ap·pressed   (ə-prěst')   
adj.  Lying flat or pressed closely against something, as hairs on certain plant stems.

[From Latin appressus, past participle of apprimere, to press down : ad-, ad- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.]
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