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Meaning of compressure | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Compression.

archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“[W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his vveapon, tho' it vvas not as yet in above half its length.”

Fanny Hill

“'Like the compressure of a coiled boa, Loathly, but irresistible.'”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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