repress : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repress	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for repress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repress v 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" Synonym(s): repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" Synonym(s): smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress put out of one's consciousness Synonym(s): suppress, repress block the action of
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repress \Repress"\ (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.]