OPPRESSES
Verb
oppresses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppress
Anagrams
• porpesses
Source: Wiktionary
OPPRESS
Op*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Oppressing.] Etym: [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus,
p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat
with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif.
For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak.
Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton.
2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.
4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as,
my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the
stomach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition