Pression

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pression \Pres"sion\, n. [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th
     {Press}.]
     1. The act of pressing; pressure. --Sir I. Newton.
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     2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move.


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