appressed

adjective

ap·​pressed a-ˈprest 

: pressed close to or lying flat against something

leaves appressed against the stem

Word History

Etymology

Latin appressus, past participle of apprimere to press to, from ad- + premere to press — more at press

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for appressed

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed