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(1):

(v. t.) To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

(2):

(v. t.) To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

(5):

(n.) Distress.

(6):

(n.) Pressure, strain; - used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.

(7):

(v. t.) To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.

(8):

(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.

(9):

(v. t.) To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stress'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stress.html. 1828.
 
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