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Definition of Repress

1. Verb. Put down by force or intimidation. "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

2. Verb. Conceal or hide. "Strangle a yawn"

3. Verb. Put out of one's consciousness.

4. Verb. Block the action of.

Definition of Repress

1. v. t. To press again.

2. v. t. 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.

3. n. The act of repressing.

Definition of Repress

1. Noun. The act of repressing. ¹

2. Verb. To press again. ¹

3. Verb. To prevent forcefully an upheaval from developing further. ¹

4. Verb. Hence, to check; to keep back. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repress

1. to keep under control [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repress

representative democracies representative democracy representative element representative government representative sample representative sampling representatively representativeness representatives represented

representer representers representing representment represents repress (current term) repressed represser repressers represses

repressibility repressible repressible enzyme repressilator repressilators repressing repression repression-sensitization repressionist repressions

Literary usage of Repress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"AND THE OBJECT TO repress ALL EXERCISE OF THE REASONING FACULTY. WITH reference to any measures having for ; altogether the exercise of the reasoning fa- ..."

2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Latin reprimere, to repress, and so indicates something that ought to be repressed, hence the attempt to repress it by an expression of opinion. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"strained to exercise caution, and to repress the desire to make larger ventures from the imperfectly beaten main road. Perhaps, after all, I may have fallen ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"with a view to repress the evil consequences which may result therefrom, as well as that a landlord has the option to refuse to demise his premises for use ..."

5. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"... to repress it deserve particular consideration, as they produced effects of the highest importance in the history Episcopal of the middle ..."

6. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"... arm of authority to repress disturbance and to overcome all obstacles to the bestowal of the blessings of good and stable government upon the people of ..."

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