PRESS (5)

Press, v. i. 1. 1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.
2. 2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.
They pressed upon him for to touch him. Mark iii. 10. 3. 3. To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.