prest
1 Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of prest1
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin praestus ready. See presto
Origin of prest2
1400–50; late Middle English prest ( e ) < Middle French prest, Old French, noun derivative of prester to lend < Latin praestāre to perform, vouch for, excel ( Medieval Latin: to lend), literally, to stand in front. See pre-, stand
Example Sentences
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"Partakers of thy sad decline Thy hands their little force resign, Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary."
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
Now Arthur-seat sall be my bed; The sheets shall ne'er be prest by me: Saint Anton's well sall be my drink, Since my true Love has forsaken me.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
Glooms, stagnantly subsiding, Whose lustrous heart away was prest Into the argent stars!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
He beam'd upon my wond'ring sight; I heard his voice, and warmly prest The dear enthusiast to my breast.
From The Odes of Anacreon by Moore, Thomas
And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary!
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
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