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Expressed   /ɪksprˈɛst/   Listen
Expressed

adjective
1.
Communicated in words.  Synonyms: uttered, verbalised, verbalized.
2.
Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication.  Synonym: explicit.  "She made her wishes explicit" , "Explicit sexual scenes"


Express

verb
(past & past part. expressed; pres. part. expressing)
1.
Give expression to.  Synonyms: evince, show.
2.
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.  Synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize.  "He uttered a curse"
3.
Serve as a means for expressing something.  Synonyms: carry, convey.  "His voice carried a lot of anger"
4.
Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..  Synonym: state.
5.
Manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait).
6.
Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.  Synonyms: extract, press out.
7.
Send by rapid transport or special messenger service.



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"Expressed" Quotes from Famous Books



... stupider. Falstaff is interested in cuckoldry, Mrs. Ford in mockery, Ford, Evans and Caius in jealousy and rivalry, Bardolph is going to be a tapster, the others are plying their suits. Even in this his most trivial play, Shakespeare's idea that punishment follows oath-breaking is expressed (whimsically enough) ...
— William Shakespeare • John Masefield
... only return to Frimley, and concert with Lady Eversleigh a new plan of action, he also became aware that he was more hurt and shaken by his fall than he had at first supposed. When he reached Frimley he felt exceedingly sick and weak, ("queer," he expressed it), and was constrained to tell his anxious and unhappy client that he must go away and rest if he hoped to be fit for anything in the evening, or on the next day. "I will see Mr. Dale to-night, ...
— Run to Earth - A Novel • M. E. Braddon
... through our frames like our own heart's blood. I hope I love good men and women; I know that they never speak a word to me, even if it be of question or blame, that I do not take pleasantly, if it is expressed with a reasonable amount of ...
— The Professor at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
... with the spirit of conformity by which this gentleman seems troubled, and which Adelaide tells me the young American people they saw in Rome constantly expressed,—the dread of appearing that which they are, foreigners; the annoyance at hearing that their accent and dress denote them to be Americans. They certainly are not comfortable people in this respect, and I ...
— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble
... I had expressed a preference to stay outside in my hammock, but the plan not proving a feasible one, I drenched a handkerchief with some perfumery, tied it under my nose, and tried to find ...
— Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule - An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, - C.A. in August, 1891 • Almira Stillwell Cole


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