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Webster 1913 Edition


Pressitant

Pres′si-tant

,
Adj.
[See 4th
Press
.]
Gravitating; heavy.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pressitant

PRESS'ITANT

,
Adj.
Gravitating; heavy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


pressitant

pressitant

English

Adjective

pressitant (comparative more pressitant, superlative most pressitant)

  1. (obsolete) gravitating; heavy
    • 1743, Henry More
      [] neither the celestial matter of the vortices nor the air nor water are pressitant in their proper places []