Compress and Plicate

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Compress verb - To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together.

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Plicate is an antonym for compress.

Plicate verb - Fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth".

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Compress is an antonym for plicate in make two of topic.

Nearby Words: plication, plicated

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Plicate and Compress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compress/plicate

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