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ap⋅pressed
[uh-prest] 
–adjective
| pressed closely against or fitting closely to something. |
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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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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.
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