- (v.t.) To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.
- (v.t.) To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
- (n.) The force or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
- (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
- (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
- (v.t.) To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
- (v.t.) To subject to stress, pressure or strain.
- (n.) Distress.
- (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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