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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, presse , "crowd, throng, company; crowding and jostling of a throng; a massing together," from Old French presse (n.) "throng, crush, crowd; wine or cheese press" (11c.), from Latin pressare (see press (v.1)). Late Old English had press "clothes ...
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" Press " is a song by Paul McCartney . It was released as a lead single from his sixth studio solo album, Press to Play , being McCartney's 37th single. The single features the non-album track, "It's Not True" as the B-side , which was also released as ...
Usage examples of press.
It was now late in the afternoon, and Ralph pondered whether he should abide the night where he was and sleep the night there, or whether he should press on in hope of winning to some clear place before dark.
He rested her back against the wall, his forehead pressed to hers, struggling to regain his ability to breathe.
Quite the contrary, proper discipline had to be maintained, and in wartime, with pressed men aboard ship, a firm hand was something he deemed a necessity.
With bestial grace, the Scylvendi pounded the abomination, pressing him back.
His chest hair abraded her nipples, his erection pressed hard against her belly.
But even if we were to assume that freedom of speech and freedom of the press were protected from abridgment on the part not only of the United States but also of the States, still we should be far from the conclusion that the plaintiff in error would have us reach.
It took the position that even if freedom of the press was protected against abridgment by the State, a publication tending to obstruct the administration of justice was punishable, irrespective of its truth.
So to assure the impartial accomplishment of justice is not an abridgment of freedom of speech or freedom of the press, as these phases of liberty have heretofore been conceived even by the stoutest libertarians.
She ached for him to move away from her, panic surging over her as he pressed the cloth to her damp jeans.
The artful, evocative temptation he pressed on her held her captive, unable to think, unable to actable only to feel.
Still an actress, she pressed her handkerchief to her eyes, pretending to weep, and assuring me that I was not to doubt the truth of what she said.
He pressed her up against the adobe wall and held her there with the length of his hard, sinewy body.
But, if the political principles of the great man who has now departed were not always reconcilable with the opinions and demands of modern advancement, they were at least consistent in themselves, were never extravagantly pressed, never tyrannically promoted, and never obstinately maintained to the hindrance of the government or the damage of the state.
Clodius Afer, with a grimace that reflected his own distaste for the situation, thrust himself back into the press.
Belisarius pressed his retreat, by affecting to oppose a measure so salutary to the empire, and which could scarcely have been prevented by an army of a hundred thousand men.