WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ap•pressed
(ə prest′),USA pronunciation adj.
- pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.
- Latin appress(us) pressed to (past participle of apprimere), equivalent. to ap- ap-1 + pressus (see press1) + -ed2
- 1785–95
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