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View synonyms for appressed

appressed

[ uh-prest ]

adjective

  1. pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.


appressed

/ əˈprɛst /

adjective

  1. pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface

    leaves appressed to a stem

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • subap·pressed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appressed1

1785–95; < Latin appress ( us ) pressed to (past participle of apprimere ), equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + pressus ( press 1 ) + -ed 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appressed1

C18: from Latin appressus, from apprimere, from premere to press
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Example Sentences

The plant is propagated chiefly by long and slender stolons, bearing appressed rudimentary stalk-bases.

Involucre club-shaped, yellowish; the rigid somewhat glutinous scales linear, closely imbricated and appressed.

Scales of the oblong involucre appressed, destitute of herbaceous tips (except n. 1 and 2).

Involucre globular; the imbricated scales coriaceous and appressed at base, attenuate to long stiff points with hooked tips.

Leaves scale-formed, obtuse, closely appressed and very persistent.

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