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Repress   /riprˈɛs/   Listen
verb
Repress  v. t.  To press again.



Repress  v. t.  
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."
Synonyms: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.



noun
Repress  n.  The act of repressing. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Repress" Quotes from Famous Books



... the quartermaster was being taken back to his cabin, the sailors met him with violent menaces. He took no notice except by shrugging his shoulders, which so increased their rage, that John Mangles and Glenarvan had to interfere, and could only repress ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne

... and plain to hill, Till e'en the thoughtless, frolick boy, Elate with hope, and wild with joy, Who gamboled by the river's side, And sported with the fretting tide, Feels something new pervade his breast, Chain his light step, repress his jest, Bends o'er the flood his eager ear To catch the sounds far off yet dear— Drinks the sweet draught, but knows not why The tear of rapture fills his eye And can he now, to manhood grown, Tell why those notes, simple and lone, As on the ravished ear they fall, ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 • Various

... agents, whose functions seem already so intrusive and annoying, deal only with taxable quantities, not with exchangeable qualities. These fiscal supervisors and inspectors will have to carry their investigation into all details in order to repress and prevent fraud; and what fraud? The legislator will have defined it either incorrectly or not at all; it is at this point ...
— The Philosophy of Misery • Joseph-Pierre Proudhon

... Further, it belongs to justice not only to distribute things duly, but also to repress injurious actions, such as murder, adultery and so forth. But the rendering to each one of what is his seems to belong solely to the distribution of things. Therefore the act of justice is not sufficiently described by saying that it ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... Douglas, one of the Scottish nobles. Douglas entertained him, treated him with the respect due to his office and to the honor of his sovereign, yet he despised his private character. Marmion perceived this, and took umbrage at it, though he attempted to repress his resentment, and desired to part in peace. Under these circumstances the scene, as described in this ...
— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey


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