Stress

stres, n. force: pre ure: urgency: strain: violence, as of the weather: the relative loudne or emphasis with which certain syllables are pronounced, accent: weight, importance: ( mech. ) force exerted in any direction or manner between two bodies—the greatest stre which a substance will bear without being torn asunder being its ultimate strength.— v.t. to constrain: lay stre on: to emphasise. [O. Fr. estrecir , from L. strict us , stringĕre , to draw tight.]