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premere [CL] 1 to apply pressure to, to press: a grapes; b (w. ref. to curd in cheese-making). c (transf., w. ref. to Crucifixion). d to press against (w. dat.). e to press (teeth or tongue against teeth or palate). f to press into (w. in & abl.); g (refl.). h (transf., of force acting without physical contact) to exert an influence upon. a in torculari uve ~untur, ut ex eis vini sapor eliciatur Eccl. & Synag. 119.  b habebit ‥ unum magnum ciphum plenum de meg’ exeunte caseo quando ~itur caseus, qui in profunditate fere cooperiet ambas auriculas pastoris Cust. Bleadon 206.  c pressus [sc. Christus] in pressura suspiro raptoris J. Howd. Cant. 105.  d se solo ~entes [v. l. sternentes] iter suum ‥ confessi sunt Felix Guthl. 43 p. 136.  e sic vulneratus ‥ / ferrum remordet et ‥ / ‥ pressis [gl.: tosettum] immoratur dentibus GlP 302; de undecima littera, que est L, ‥ que ‥ pressa lingua promitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 296.  f lapis ‥ in ecclesia ‥ reservatur, digitorum vestigiis tanquam in cera pressorum in silice comparantibus Gir. IK I 2 p. 24.  g ‘justus vix salvabitur’, peccator sic deprehensus in quam partem se ~et? Anselm Medit. 79.  h quicquid luna premit, ex quattuor est elementis J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 837. 2 to press or squeeze (in or with the hand), to grasp tightly. Hercules namque geminos angues, secundum quod poeta cecinit, in manu ~ens eliserat Lib. Monstr. III 20; isti sunt quasi spongia in manu ~entis P. Blois Ep. 25. 89B; occĭdo labando, volucres occīdo premendo H. Avr. CG f. 7 l. 22; diabolus, arrepto dextro suo brachio, illud strinxit crudeliter ‥ . et erecta manu sinistra ad idem crucis signaculum faciendum, forcius illud ~endo quam prius impedivit V. Edm. Rich B 618. 3 to press down upon, weigh down, burden. b (transf.) to weigh upon, burden, oppress; c (of sleep or sloth). d (of disease or pain) to afflict. e (p. ppl. as adj.) pressed down, low(ered), hanging, drooping (in quot. of eyebrow). at vero capitis si pressus mole gravabor Aldh. Aen. 41 (Pulvillus) 5; dum sedet in tenebris cecus pressusque cathenis Greg. Eli. Æthelthryth III 157.  b quia inclinati tanto pondere sunt pressi, idcirco spatium respirandi non habent Gildas EB 1; mox draco crudelis sermonum pondere pressus / deserit obscurum ‥ tigillum Aldh. VirgV 2401; accidit ‥ ut acerba fames universam Britanniae regionem ‥ ~eret Wulf. Æthelwold 29; premo, -is ‥ inde ‥ hoc premium ‥ eo quod per premium solent ~ere alios Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 425; exigit arbitrii libertas vera duorum / subsidium, sine quo mens rea pressa jacet J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 268; rosa fetens, lugendum gaudium, / melos merens, premens preconium J. Howd. Ph. 468; 1418 prioratus maxima mole ‥ mille marcarum ‥ primitur debitorum Reg. Exon. 50.  c ceteris quiescentibus et alto sopore pressis Bede HE II 12; ipse ‥ desidia pressus surgere non potuit Latin Stories 26.  d noster ‥ episcopus audiens infirmitatem qua ~ebatur puella V. Cuthb. IV 4; totam illam, quae languore pressa fuerat, corporis sui partem Bede HE IV 29; 955 quod si quisque ‥ cartulam infringere temptaverit ‥ in futuro perenni cruciatu ~atur CS 903; usque ad ipsas fere mortis angustias ‥ dolore ~untur Gir. TH II 4; quemque premit [gl.: gravat] cathesis non potest diasinaxis WW.  e supercilia demissa et nimis pressa vel depressa [Trevisa: hong[ing]e browis overmesure] signant invidum Bart. Angl. V 9. 4 (astr.) to be situated directly overhead of, to be at the zenith of. Taurus cum sit in zodiaco secundum majorem sui partem, tamen extendit pedem suam ultra tropicum Cancri et ita ~it Ethiopiam, licet nulla pars zodiaci ~at eam Sacrob. Sph. 107 (cf. Lucan Bell. Civ. III 253). 5 to bring under control, tame, subdue. b to suppress (emotion or physical symtom thereof). c keep down, lower (voice). sed mare mergentem tumidis non sorbuit undis, / dextera dum Christi turgentia marmora pressit Aldh. CE 4. 1. 15; Alcides ‥ / flammea qui pressit latronis flamina Caci Id. VirgV 1344; presseras, þu gewyldest GlP 494; tu te grandi ~is humilitate V. Fridesw. B 16; qui tanto ~it omnia fastu leonem, minima minctu confundit hyena. ‥ elephanto quoque ‥ mus terribilis esse perhibetur. sic ‥ minimis quibusdam majora queque ~untur Gir. TH I 27.  b populum ‥ in superficie tantum vultus presso in altum cordis dolore sui oboedientiam proferentem Gildas EB 5; gemitum ‥ ~ebant V. Kenelmi 10.  c sub silenti voce [ed. PL: pressa voce] Beleth RDO 24 col. 36A. 6 to press closely upon (in pursuit or assault), to harass, afflict, harry; b (pr. ppl. w. ref. to goshawk) harrier. Herodes, contra suum judicium, sine causa parvorum innocentum crimine pressum infantum pernegavit exercitum Theod. Laterc. 15; adfuit ‥ confortaturus ‥ ecclesiam cum ab infidelibus ~eretur Bede Hom. II 8 col. 148; omnes qui me ~ebant spiritus maligni Id. HE III 11; nec satis est servire duces exercitus ingens, / his scelerum ducibus militat,huncque premit. / hunc petit atque premit, rapit, atterit, urget, et urit, / fedat, et ad libitum pellit in omne lutum L. Durh. Dial. IV 238–9; quedam fragilis treuga sepius rupta ‥, per quam attingentes adinvicem regnorum fines misere ~ebantur Bower VIII 12.  b 1202 debet j bonum osturum †prenientem [l. ~entem] Pipe 45; 1203 debet j bonum ostr’ ~entem Ib. 176; 1230 j osturcum ~entem Ib. 295; 1242 de j osturco ~ente Ib. 73. 7 to press upon with the feet, walk about in, tread (path or region). nobis ista dies sumptibus innuit, / quid tu, quis opibus florueris situs, / cum terris redolens infima presseris, / Augustine placabilis Wulf. Poems 166. 8 to elicit or expel by pressing or squeezing, to press or squeeze out, express. ad ~endum oleum et torquendum in manibus perfectorum virorum Comm. Cant. I 292; dum ‥ regis dextera foramina linit, solvitur crusta ‥, glandule ‥ egrediuntur, sanies et sanguis dextera regis ~itur Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 13. 9 to impress or imprint (with a pattern or design); b (w. ref. to printing). Marcus glosatus in corio presso, Johannis glosatus in corio presso. Lucas glosatus in corio presso Cart. Reading F 122.  b 1520 missale scriptum ‥, missale pressum ex dono m’ Martini Colyns Fabr. York 301. 10 (in gl.). premit, deserit [? l. disserit] GlC P 786.

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