appress
verb
appress is spelled A-P-P-R-E-S-S: 7 letters. As a verb, appress means “To press close to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in appress?
| Letters | 7: A-P-P-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of appress
- appresses present, singular, he/she/it
- appressing participle, present
- appressed participle, past
- adpress
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To press close to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does appress come from?
An adaptation of appress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin apprimō (“to press close to”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).