compress
v.
late 14c., "to press (something) together," from Old French compresser "compress, put under pressure," from Latin compressare "to press together," frequentative of comprimere "to squeeze," from com- "together" (see com-) + premere "to press" (see press, v.1). Related: Compressed; compressing.
n.
1590s in the surgical sense, from compress, v..
〔李〕[com-=together一起；press=to press压→] v.① press together;force into less space压紧；压缩