Press, v.t.

To urge with force or weight; a word of extensive use, denoting the application of any power, physical or moral, to something that is to be moved or affected. We press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, finger or arms; the smith presses iron with his vise; we are pressed with the weight of arguments or of cares, troubles and business.