Morpheme
Press
Type
free base
Denotation
push, hold fast, cover, crowd, overwhelm, squeeze, tighten, lower, decrease, diminish
Etymology
(1) Middle English presse; (a) Old English press and (b) Old French presse, from presser; Latin pressāre, from pressus, from premere; (2) French -près; Latin -pressus, from primere, from premere
Evidence
acupressure, agroexpress, anthropopressure, antipress, autorepress, backpressure, bookpress, coexpress, compress, compressed, compressedly, compresses, compressibility, compressible, compressing, compressingly, compression, compressive, compressor, compressure, corepress, counterpressure, decompress, depress, depressant, depressed, depresses, depressible, depressing, depression, depressive, depressogenic, depressoid, depressomotor, depressor, depressure, derepress, downpress, express, expressable, expressage, expressed, expressedly, expresses, expressible, expressibly, expressing, expression, expressive, expressively, expressless, expressly, expressman, expressness, expressome, expressor, expressway, geopressure, hydropress, hyperexpress, immunodepress, immunoexpress, impress, impressable, impressed, impresser, impresses, impressible, impressing, impression, impressive, impressively, impressment, keypress, letterpress, misexpress, mispress, nonpress, nonpressure, nonpressuring, oppress, oppressed, oppressee, oppresses, oppressing, oppression, oppressive, oppressor, outpress, overcompress, overdepress, overexpress, overimpress, overpress, permapress, precompress, prepress, press, pressable, pressback, pressboard, pressdom, pressed, presses, pressfeeder, pressful, pressie, pressing, pressive, pressless, pressly, pressman, pressmark, pressmaster, presspack, pressperson, pressroom, pressrun, pressural, pressure, pressured, pressureless, pressuremeter, pressuremetric, pressuremetry, pressures, pressuring, pressurise, pressurization, pressurize, pressuron, presswoman, presswork, pressworker, prodepressant, pseudopressure, recompress, reexpress, reimpress, reoppress, repress, repressed, represses, repressibility, repressible, repressing, repression, repressive, repressment, repressor, repressure, screwpress, supercompress, superexpress, suppress, suppressable, suppressed, suppresses, suppressing, suppression, suppressive, suppressor, transrepress, underexpress, underimpress, underpressure, unexpress, unexpressed, unimpress, unimpressed, unimpressive, unpress, wallpress, winepress
