prease
prease is the obsolete form of press.
prease is the obsolete form of praise.
Meaning of press
Noun
press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- Connecting to the service is almost idiot proof and takes just a few button presses.2004 10, “Maximum PC”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 25
- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- a flower press
- A crowd.
- And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 19:3
- A printing machine.
- Stop the presses!
- Synonyms:
- printing press
- The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- according to a member of the press
- A publisher.
Meaning of praise
Verb
praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)
Forms of prease
| third-person singular present | preases |
|---|---|
| present participle | preasing |
| past participle | preased |
| past | preased |
Questions about prease
- What is prease the obsolete form of?
- Prease is the obsolete form of press.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prease (page history and authors); press (page history and authors); praise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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