| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| appressed |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ap·pressed |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -pr st |
| ADJECTIVE: | Lying flat or pressed closely against something, as hairs on certain plant stems. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin appressus, past participle of apprimere, to press down : ad-, ad- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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