Presignification (n.) The act of signifying or showing beforehand.
Presignified (imp. & p. p.) of Presignify
Presignifying (imp. & p. p.) of Presignify
Presignify (v. t.) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone).
Presphenoid (n.) The presphenoid bone.
Presphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.
Prespinal (a.) Prevertebral.
Press (n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.
Press (n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
Pressed (imp. & p. p.) of Press
Pressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press
Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.
Press (v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.
Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
Press (v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.
Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Press (v.) To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.
Press (v.) To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
Press (v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
Press (v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.
Press (n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.
Press (n.) Specifically, a printing press.
Press (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.
Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.
Press (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward.
Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.
Press (n.) A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.
Presser (n.) One who, or that which, presses.
Pressgang (n.) See Press gang, under Press.
Pressing (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
Pression (n.) The act of pressing; pressure.
Pression (n.) An endeavor to move.
Pressiroster (n.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
Pressirostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
Pressitant (a.) Gravitating; heavy.
Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
Pressly (adv.) Closely; concisely.
Pressmen (pl. ) of Pressman
Pressman (n.) One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
Pressman (n.) One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
Pressman (n.) One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
Pressor (a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
Presspack (v. t.) To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
Pressurage (n.) Pressure.
Pressurage (n.) The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
Pressure (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
Pressure (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
Pressure (n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
Pressure (n.) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
Pressure (n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.
Presswork (n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
Prest () imp. & p. p. of Press.
Prest (a.) Ready; prompt; prepared.
Prest (a.) Neat; tidy; proper.
Prest (n.) Ready money; a loan of money.
Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
Prest (v. t.) To give as a loan; to lend.
Prestable (a.) Payable.
Prestation (n.) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.
Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
Prester (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Prester (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.
Presternum (n.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
Prestidigital (a.) Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling.
Prestidigitation (n.) Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
Prestidigitator (n.) One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
Prestige (v.) Delusion; illusion; trick.
Prestige (v.) Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation.
Prestigiation (n.) Legerdemain; prestidigitation.
Prestigiator (n.) A juggler; prestidigitator.
Prestigiatory (a.) Consisting of impostures; juggling.
Prestigious (a.) Practicing tricks; juggling.
Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.
Prestissimo (adv.) Very quickly; with great rapidity.
Presto (a.) Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.
Presto (a.) Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.
Presstriction (n.) Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight.
Presultor (n.) A leader in the dance.
Presumable (a.) Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
Presumably (adv.) In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.
Presumed (imp. & p. p.) of Presume
Presuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Presume
Presume (v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
Presume (v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.
Presume (v. i.) To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.
Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.
Presumedly (adv.) By presumption.
Presumer (n.) One who presumes; also, an arrogant person.
Presumingly (adv.) Confidently; arrogantly.
Presumption (n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
Presumption (n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.
Presumption (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.