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overpressing

overpressing is the present participle and gerund of overpress.

Meaning of overpress

Verb

overpress (third-person singular simple present overpresses, present participle overpressing, simple past and past participle overpressed)

  1. (transitive) To bear upon (someone or something) with irresistible force; to crush, to overwhelm.
    • Deare heart forbeare to glance thine eye aſide, / VVhat needſt thou vvound vvith cunning vvhen thy might / Is more then my ore-preſt defence can bide?1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 139”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature I, verso
  2. (transitive) To overcome by importunity.

Questions about overpressing

What is overpressing the present participle and gerund of?
Overpressing is the present participle and gerund of overpress.

Words near overpressing in the dictionary

  1. overpresence
  2. overpresent
  3. overpress
  4. overpressed
  5. overpresses
  6. overpressing
  7. overpressure
  8. overpressured
  9. overpressures
  10. overpressuring
  11. overpressurisation

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