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repress |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf L. reprimere, repressum Cf {Reprimand}.] 1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out to quell; to subdue; to supress; as to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. 2. Hence to check; to restrain; to keep back Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. --Milton. Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repress v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: {quash}, {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}] 2: put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry [syn: {suppress}]
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