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Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.

stness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience. He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. Dryden. Be sure to press upon him every motive. Addison.

To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. Block printing. See under Block. -- Printing frame (Photog.), a sh…

vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.

The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.

Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word.

A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

ulars. "A punctilious observance of divine laws." Rogers. "Very punctilious copies of any letters. The Nation. Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life. I. Taylor. -- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. -- Punc*til"ious*ness, n.

horoughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the letter. Craik.

or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers. -- To put u…

rd revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the Copernican system. -- Pythagorean letter. See Y.

, the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; c…

A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]

Consisting of four letters.

To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart.

A silent letter. M. Stuart.

Consisting of five letters.

R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, and 250-254. "R is the dog's letter and hurreth in the sound." B. Jonson.

by the radical sign; a surd. -- Radical sign (Math.), the sign sq. root (originally the letter r, the initial of radix, root), placed before any quantity, denoting that its root is to be extracted; thus, sq. roota, or sq. root(a + b). To indicate any other than the square root, a corresponding figure is placed over t…