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appressed

[uh-prest]

adjective

pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.

Origin:
1785–95; < Latin appress(us) pressed to (past participle of apprimere), equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + pressus (see press¹) + -ed²

Related forms

sub·ap·pressed, adjective

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appressed (əˈprɛst)

—*adj*
	pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface: leaves appressed to a stem

[C18: from Latin appressus, from apprimere, from premere to press]

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