Home › Words › A › appressappressappress means to press close to.EtymologyAn adaptation of appress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin apprimō (“to press close to”).verbTo press close to.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.adpression 74% match — A pressing closely together. vs appress →appressedly 74% match — In an appressed manner. vs appress →appressed 67% match — Closely flattened down. vs appress →appressorial 65% match — Of or pertaining to appressoria vs appress →outpress 62% match — To push or force outward. vs appress →press 62% match — An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing. vs appress →appropinquate 59% match — To approach; to near. vs appress →properate 58% match — To hasten or press forward. vs appress →