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† exˈpressure Obs.
[f. L. express- ppl. stem of exprimĕre + -ure: cf. pressure.]
The action of expressing; = expression in various senses. a. = expression 1: also the operation of a force pressing outwards; outward pressure. b. Expression by words or signs; manifestation, description. c. An image, picture; cf. express n. 2.
a.1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 334 And this expressure, when the forces are equal, is in a line perpendicular to the bodies pressing. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. iv. viii. 163 A good Contrivance..to afford a due expressure of it [mucilage] at all times. 1850H. H. Wilson tr. Rigveda I. 6 note, The acid Asclipias..yields to expressure a copious milky juice.
b.1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. iii. 171 By ..the expressure of his eye..he shall finde himselfe most feelingly personated. 1606― Tr. & Cr. iii. iii. 204 There is a mysterie..in the soule of State; Which hath an operation more diuine, Than breath or pen can giue expressure to. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life v. 14 These high expressures of His Love. 1681Right. Man's Ref. 246 The..more comprehensive Promises are found in the general expressures of the Covenant.
c.1598Shakes. Merry W. v. v. 71 Th' expressure that it beares: Greene let it be. |