Word Meanings - LICENSER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.

Related words: (words related to LICENSER)

• GIVES
  Fetters.
• PRESSIROSTRAL
  Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
• PRESSIVE
  Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall.
• PRESSGANG
  See PRESS
• PRESSURAGE
  1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
• PRESSURE WIRES
  Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
• PRESSWORK
  The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.
• PRESSLY
  Closely; concisely.
• PRESSOR
  Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood
• LICENSE
  fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business,
• PRESSIROSTER
  One of a tribe of wading birds including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
• PRESS REVISE
  A proof for final revision.
• PRESSURE
  The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See
• PRESSITANT
  Gravitating; heavy. Dr. H. More.
• PRESSBOARD
  A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp; -- so called because used originally, as now, in presses for pressing and finishing knit underwear.
• PRESSING
  Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. -- Press"ing*ly, adv.
• PRESSION
  An endeavor to move. (more info) 1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton.
• PRESSER
  One who, or that which, presses. Presser bar, or Presser wheel , a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them. -- Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth
• PRESS PROOF
  The last proof for correction before sending to press. A proof taken on a press, esp. to show impression, margins, color, etc.
• HOTPRESSED
  Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
• HOTPRESS
  To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• INCOMPRESSIBLE
  Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• ESPRESSIVO
  With expression.
• INEXPRESSIBLY
  In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
• IMPRESS
  To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and
• INTROPRESSION
  Pressure acting within.
• REIMPRESS
  To impress anew.
• OPPRESSION
  1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. "The multitude of oppressions." Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
• COMPRESSIVE
  Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
• OPPRESSOR
  One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak. To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.