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
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Or were you prest by one who nurst Bleak memories of love gone by, Whose heart, like a star fallen, burst In dark and erring vacancy?
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
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 Thomas Moore
God knows, against the front of Fate I set Eyes still and stern, and lips as bitter prest; Raised clenched and ineffectual palms to let Her rock-like pressing breast!
From Blooms of the Berry by Madison J. Cawein
Fraunc homme et de fraunc estat et eux nient seisi de luy, come de lour villein prest etc.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
I do not care to know who prest you: Enough for me to feel and know That some heart's love and longing blest you, Knitting to-day with long-ago.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
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