premō
Erscheinungsbild
From Proto-Italic *premō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr-es- (“to press”), from *per- (“to push, beat, press”). The present stem was formed on the model of tremō.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.moː/, [ˈprɛmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.mo/, [ˈprɛːmo]
Verb
premō (present infinitive premere, perfect active pressī, supine pressum); third conjugation
- to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
- to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze [ synonyms ▲]
- to make, form, or shape any thing by pressing
- to conceal, cover [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
- to knock down, topple, suppress, strike to the ground
- to win, defeat, overcome, exceed [ synonyms ▲]
- to pursue [ synonyms ▲]
- to denigrate, disparage, discredit [ synonyms ▲]
- to close, block, arrest, check, restrain [ synonyms, antonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
- to suffocate, repress [ synonyms ▲]
- to lower, decrease, diminish [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
- to stop, withhold, hold
- to rape, ravish
- to emphasize a particular word
- to approach threateningly to
- to condense, abridge, summarize [ synonyms ▲]
- to cause to sink, dig