pression

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pression - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pression \Pres"sion\, n. [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th
     Press.]
     1. The act of pressing; pressure. --Sir I. Newton.
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     2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move.
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