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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Appressed  \Ap*pressed"\,  Apprest  \Ap*prest"\,  a.  [p.  p.  appress, 
  which  is  not  in  use  See  {Adpress}.]  (Bot.) 
  Pressed  close  to  or  lying  against,  something  for  its  whole 
  length,  as  against  a  stem,  --Gray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  appressed 
  adj  :  pressed  close  to  or  lying  flat  against  something  "adpressed 
  hairs  along  the  plant's  stem";  "igneous  rocks...closely 
  appressed  by  this  force"-L.V.Pirsson  [syn:  {adpressed}] 




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