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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Tame :: Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..
Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Represser :: Represser (n.) One who, or that which, represses..
Irrepressible :: Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict..
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..
Repression :: Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers..
Mutter :: Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.
Dipsomaniac :: Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press again.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
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..
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
Repressible :: Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
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..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..
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