(transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

A pressing; a force applied to a surface. / A contrasting force or impulse of any kind / Distress. / Urgency / (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pressure

plural of pressure

simple past tense and past participle of pressure

Absence of social expectations about one's behavior or performance in a situation. / (idiomatic) The situation at hand is rife with emotional pressure.

One who or that which exerts pressure.

plural of pressurer

present participle of pressurize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pressurize