"appress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: appresses [present, singular, third-person], appressing [participle, present], appressed [participle, past], appressed [past]
Etymology: An adaptation of appress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin apprimō (“I press close to”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|apprimō||I press close to}} Latin apprimō (“I press close to”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} appress (third-person singular simple present appresses, present participle appressing, simple past and past participle appressed)
  1. (transitive) To press close to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: adpress Derived forms: appression
    Sense id: en-appress-en-verb-HhTxwCMq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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