premere

prem -ere (pressum) Vorlage:lat. ‘drücken, pressen, bedrängen’ (s. Presse, pressieren). —Nwf. z. premō

prem -ō uit.-lat. 'drücke'

Von uital. *premō, Herkunft ungeklärt. Der heutige Stamm wurde nach dem Vorbild von tremō geformt.

Verb

premō (present infinitive premere, perfect active pressī, supine pressum); third conjugation

to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm
Synonyms: supprimō, sepeliō, reprimō, opprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, ingravō, gravō, aggravō, angō, īnstō
to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: angō, opprimō, comprimō
to make, form, or shape any thing by pressing
to conceal, cover [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, abscondō, comprimō, prōtegō, cooperiō, opprimō, mergō

Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō
to knock down, topple, suppress, strike to the ground
to win, defeat, overcome, exceed [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, expugnō, domō, caedō, obruō, ēvincō, prōflīgō, pellō, opprimō, exsuperō, fundō
to pursue [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: exsequor, persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, īnsector, īnstō, agō, apīscor
to denigrate, disparage, discredit [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: contemnō, dēprimō, dētrectō, trādūcō
to close, block, arrest, check, restrain [ synonyms, antonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
Synonyms: dētineō, inclūdō, claudō, interclūdō, intersaepiō, obstō, refrēnō, arceō, impediō, perimō, officiō, obstruō, saepiō, coerceō, reprimō, comprimō, sustentō

Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
to suffocate, repress [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: angō, suffōcō
to lower, decrease, diminish [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
Synonyms: diminuō, dēminuō, imminuō, minuō, tenuō

Antonyms: accumulō, cumulō, adiciō, adaugeō, augeō, ampliō, amplificō, multiplicō
to stop, withhold, hold
to rape, ravish
to emphasize a particular word
to approach threateningly to
to condense, abridge, summarize [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: imminuō, corripiō
to cause to sink, dig

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.moː/, [ˈprɛmoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.mo/, [ˈprɛːmo]