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Webster 1913 Edition

Pression

Pres′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
pressio
: cf. F.
pression
. See 4th
Press
.]
1.
The act of pressing; pressure.
Sir I. Newton.
2.
(Cartesian Philos.)
An endeavor to move.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pression

PRES'SION

,
Noun.
The act of pressing. But pressure is more generally used.
1.
In the Cartesian philosophy, an endeavor to move.

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