premere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin premere, present active infinitive of premō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.me.re/

Verb

premere

1. (transitive) to press
2. (transitive) to pull (a trigger)

Derived terms

• premistoffa

See also

• calcare

Further reading

• premere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) premēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of premō

Verb

(deprecated template usage) premere

1. inflection of premō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Verb

(deprecated template usage) premere

1. present active infinitive of premō

References

• premere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to persist in an argument, press a point: argumentum premere (not urgere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to press the rearguard: novissimos premere
    

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Old French

Adjective

premere f

1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of premer