Definition of repress

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Repress (v. t.) 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..

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Repression :: Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers..
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
Tame :: Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.
Dipsomaniac :: Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..
Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..
Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Overbearing :: Overbearing (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
Represser :: Represser (n.) One who, or that which, represses..
Repressible :: Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.
Flaming :: Flaming (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue..
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