Definition of Pressurise

1. Verb. Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid.

Exact synonyms: Pressurize, Supercharge
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Pressure, Pressure, Supercharger

2. Verb. Maintain a certain pressure. "Pressurize a space suit"
Exact synonyms: Pressurize
Generic synonyms: Hold, Keep, Maintain
Derivative terms: Pressure, Pressure

3. Verb. Increase the pressure in or of. "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort"
Exact synonyms: Pressurize
Generic synonyms: Adjust, Correct, Set
Antonyms: Depressurise, Depressurize
Derivative terms: Pressure, Pressure

Definition of Pressurise

1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of pressurize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pressurise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressurise

pressure ulcer
pressure ulcers
pressure unit
pressure valve
pressure vessel
pressure vessels
pressure washer
pressure washers
pressured
pressured speech
pressureless
pressures
pressuring
pressurisation
pressurisations
pressurise (current term)
pressurised
pressurises
pressurising
pressurizable
pressurization
pressurizations
pressurize
pressurized
pressurized water reactor
pressurizer
pressurizers
pressurizes
pressurizing
presswork

Literary usage of Pressurise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital (1888)
"Sometimes the insured persons pressurise the panel doctors to issue false medical certificates so that they can ..."

2. In a Time of Torture: The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2004)
"... to be undertaken; — the fact that a refusal to permit an intimate search may be seen to imply guilt may pressurise the patient to give consent. ..."

3. W.M. Dudokby Herman van Bergeijk by Herman van Bergeijk (2001)
"To pressurise the Municipal Council, Dudok published the design in the Wendingen magazine as early as 1924. The issue in question also featured other work ..."

4. Negotiation: Methodology and Training by L. J. Nieuwmeijer (1992)
"... where one party tries to pressurise the other, directly or indirectly through a third party, to accept their point of view or objective. ..."

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