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  • verb Present participle of prest.

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Examples

  • It was in fact a warrant out of time, an official anachronism, a red-tape survival of that bygone period when pressing still meant "presting" and force went no further than a threat.

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

  • Hence, as the change from covert to overt violence grew in strength, “pressing,” in the mouths of the people at large, came to be synonymous with that most obnoxious, oppressive and fear-inspiring system of recruiting which, in the course of time, took the place of its milder and more humane antecedent, “presting.

    languagehat.com: PRESS. 2005

  • I'm not saying you are wrong, just asking you to be as precise in presting things in english as you would be presenting the mathamatic analysis.

    New Daedalus: Demographics of WoW Players 2005

  • He was merely subjected to a process called “presting.

    languagehat.com: PRESS. 2005

  • Its abolition was a logical sequence of the change from presting to pressing.

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

  • Madox, R.mo feat Cheleonis R. Jones, on labels such as Alphabat City, Vice Versa, Underwater, Definitive, etc … Now, they are presting you their new track 'Oufti', on Push It R.cords! ...

    Dancetracks Digital: New Downloads 2010

  • The old fellow (without the beard) presting the award is 85 year-old Jack Floyd.

    Wandering Coyote 2009

  • The Sensex extended its gains and touched the psychological mark of 15,000 on buying interest as the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee started presting Union Budget.

    News Centre@myiris.com India's Most Comprehensive Financial Destination 2009

  • The old fellow (without the beard) presting the award is 85 year-old Jack Floyd.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • "pressing," in the mouths of the people at large, came to be synonymous with that most obnoxious, oppressive and fear-inspiring system of recruiting which, in the course of time, took the place of its milder and more humane antecedent, "presting."

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

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