Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ap-press
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To press close to.

Transitive verb

Etymology

An adaptation of appress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin apprimō (“to press close to”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

appresses (present, singular) appressing (participle, present) appressed (participle, past) appressed (past) adpress (alternative)

Derived Forms

appression

Questions

What does appress mean?
To press close to.
Where does appress come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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