pressare

pressare [CL] 1 to press down, press (in quots. w. ref. to production of wine or cheese). b (of weight or load) to weigh down. 1275 in j scamell’ ad cas’ pressand’, j d. MinAc 994/29; 1278 ultra vinum faciendum et ~andum Ib. 843/2; 1278 ad cariandas dictas uvas apud Th. ad ~andum et ad vinum recariandum Ib..  b mersit eas [sc. opes] ne mersaretur ab illis, / passus, ut expensis impensa pecunia pessum / pessima pressetur Hanv. VI 278. 2 to press (together), squeeze. si inter alios assedisset aliquis quem morbus occupasset regius, illius vero pedes ~are tenacius, osculari dulcius, oculos porro in ipsis figere ulceribus W. Malm. Wulfst. III 18. 3 (in gl). artare, ~are, constringere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 43; et ab hoc nomine pressus, ~o, -as, verbum activum Ib. 425. 4 (transf.) to suppress. siccat ‥ genas, suspiria pressat Frith. 1148.