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appressed - 3 dictionary results

ap⋅pressed

[uh-prest]
–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
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.]

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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