• Original language:French
  • Original form and meaning:presser 'to push, to urge'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
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English press 11th c., 16th - 17th c. 1. 'to act upon (a body) with a continous force directed towards or against it, to exert a steady force against (something in contact), e.g. by weight downwards', 2. 'to cause to move in some direction or into some position by pressure, to push, drive, thrust', 3. 'to extract by pressure, to express, to squeeze (juice etc.) out of or from something', 4. 'to a subject to pressure as to reduce to a particular shape, consistence, smoothness, thinness, or bulk, or as to extract juice etc. from (sth.)', 5. 'to dry and flatten (leaves, flowers etc.)in order to preserve them', 6. 'the condition of being crowded or thronged, a crowd, a throng, a multitude' 1. 'to print (=impress)', 2. 'of a tyrant, adverse circumstances, etc.: to oppress, to crush, reduce to distress and misery, to load or burden with impositions and restrictions, to afflict', 3. 'to force a man to serve in the army (=impress, prest)', 4. 'throng or crush in battle, the thick of the fight' OED
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Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German pressieren 17th c. 1.'to urge, to push' '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 133
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Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

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