əˈprest, (ˈ)a|p- adjective
or ad·pressed (ˈ)ad|p-
Etymology: Latin appressus, adpressus (past participle of apprimere, adprimere, from ad- + primere to press) + English -ed — more at press
: pressed close to or lying flat against something
closely appressed to the lower surface of the much larger dorsal lobe — D.H.Campbell
igneous rocks … folded and closely appressed by this force — L.V.Pirsson