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Definition of Repress
Repress Repress Re*press" (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.]
To press again.
Repress Repress 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.
Repress Repress Re*press", n.
The act of repressing. [Obs.]
