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Definition of Oppressing
1. oppress [v] - See also: oppress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppressing
Literary usage of Oppressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folioby Joseph Dennie by Joseph Dennie (1801)
"... shall vindicate his reign; " The spoiler spoil'd of all; the slayer slain;f "
The tyrant's self, oppressing and opprest, " Mid gems and gold unenvied ..."
2. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Captain Barns Accuses Colonel Williams of Oppressing the Friends of America.
New Perth May 19th 1778. Sir, I wrote your Excellency Some Days ago the State ..."
3. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"... to obtain exclusive control, prevents any one of them from oppressing the other.
It is clear, that oppression and abuse of power must come, if at all, ..."
4. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"Evidently, if any oppressing was to be done, it were better done by a stranger
than by a native. It was natural that while the cardinal accepted the ..."
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