premere

prem-ere (pressum) 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

1. to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm

   Synonyms: supprimō, sepeliō, reprimō, opprimō, comprimō, dēprimō, ingravō, gravō, aggravō, angō, īnstō

2. to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: angō, opprimō, comprimō

3. to make, form, or shape any thing by pressing
4. 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

5. to knock down, topple, suppress, strike to the ground
6. to win, defeat, overcome, exceed [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, expugnō, domō, caedō, obruō, ēvincō, prōflīgō, pellō, opprimō, exsuperō, fundō

7. to pursue [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: exsequor, persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, īnsector, īnstō, agō, apīscor

8. to denigrate, disparage, discredit [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: contemnō, dēprimō, dētrectō, trādūcō

9. 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

10. to suffocate, repress [ synonyms ▲]

    Synonyms: angō, suffōcō

11. to lower, decrease, diminish [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

    Synonyms: diminuō, dēminuō, imminuō, minuō, tenuō

    Antonyms: accumulō, cumulō, adiciō, adaugeō, augeō, ampliō, amplificō, multiplicō

12. to stop, withhold, hold
13. to rape, ravish
14. to emphasize a particular word
15. to approach threateningly to
16. to condense, abridge, summarize [ synonyms ▲]

    Synonyms: imminuō, corripiō

17. to cause to sink, dig

Pronunciation

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