REPRESS
\ɹɪpɹˈɛs], \ɹɪpɹˈɛs], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of REPRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
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The act of repressing.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
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The act of repressing.
By Noah Webster.
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To keep under control; check; as, to repress a wish; crush; overpower; subdue; as, to repress a rebellion.
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Repressive.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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