Meaning of REPRESS
| Pronunciation: | | ree'pres
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- [v] put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry
- [v] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- [v] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | keep down, muffle, quash, reduce, smother, stifle, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress |
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| | See Also: | | bury, clamp down, conquer, crush, curb, forget, inhibit, oppress, stamp down, subdue, suppress, suppress, swallow | |
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\Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.]
To press again.
\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.
\Re*press"\, n.
The act of repressing. [Obs.]
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