compress

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If the patient says "I cannot get this," then he simply will soon have to give up all work, and perhaps narrowly escape a departure from this working world altogether Each morning before rising, the compress should be applied as above for a short time; the back should then be rubbed with hot olive oil before dressing.

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  1. transitive verb To press together: compressed her lips.
  2. transitive verb To make more compact by or as if by pressing.
  3. transitive verb Computer Science To transform (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmission: compressed the file so that it could be downloaded efficiently.
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  • I was actually holding my pocket-screen to my skull like a compress, but one which had given me the headache, not relieved it. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • Leda and Mfn put her to bed with a hot water bottle and a cool compress, and Ruth fell back into her restless sleep. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 01 - July 1994
  • I You get a hot towel compress, a hair cut, scalp massage and a hot shave —  kstp.com - MORE NEWS
  • On compressor I selected "reset background processing", but I would like to work on other videos on FCP while I export this one 10 min video that takes 5 hours to compress, and I can't do anything on FCP once I hit submit ... crazy enough it seems like I could do anything I want on compressor (bt that doesn't really help me) —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • French 24-hour news channel BFM-TV uses BGAN from Stratos with SeaMobile Europe's Media ClipWay software to capture, compress, and transmit both live broadcasts and pre-recorded video from the field. —  MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
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compressed-air ·  poultice ·  low-pressure ·  washcloth ·  lotion ·  air-dried ·  dressing ·  lint ·  gazpacho ·  lii ·  rework

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compress:   compresses ·  compressing ·  compressed
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressāre, frequentative of Latin comprimere : com-, com- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin compressus, past participle of comprimere, conprimere, Middle Latin also compremere (later Italian comprimere = Spanish Portuguese comprimir = Provencal compremer = French comprimer), press together (cf. Late Latin Middle Latin freq. compressare, press, compress, oppress), from com-, together, + premere, past participle presses, press: see press, and cf. appressed, depress, express, impress, repress, suppress.
  2. from French compresse = Spanish compresa = Portuguese Italian compressa, from New Latin compressa, a compress, from Latin compressa, feminine of compressus, past participle of comprimere, compress: see compress, v.
 

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