prease

English

Noun

prease

Obsolete form of press. [14th–17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  He […] turn'd abacke, and to retyre him hasted
  Through the thick prease, there thinking him to hyde

Verb

prease (third-person singular simple present preases, present participle preasing, simple past and past participle preased)

Obsolete form of press. [14th–17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  That it the Posterne did from closing stay :
  The while the Prince hard preased in betweene
Obsolete form of praise. [16th c.]

Anagrams

A-per-se, Parsee, Pearse, peares, rapees, serape

Spanish

Verb

prease

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of prear

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