REPRESS

repress

(verb) block the action of; “the process of repressing gene transcription”;

suppress, repress

(verb) put out of one’s consciousness

smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

(verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide; “smother a yawn”; “muffle one’s anger”; “strangle a laugh”; “repress a cry of fear”

repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce

(verb) 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”

repress

(verb) impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

(transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.

Synonyms

• (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress

• (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back

Etymology 2

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

To press again.

Noun

repress (plural represses)

A record pressed again; a repressing.

Anagrams

• Presser, presser

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press.]

Definition: To press again.

Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [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.

Definition: The act of repressing. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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