represt

Verb (1)

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

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
   • to repress rebellion or sedition

   Synonyms:

   crush, put down, quell, subdue, suppress, tread

2. (broadly, transitive) To check; to keep back.
   • Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 37, lines 542–544

   Synonyms:

   restrain, hold back, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back, check

Verb (2)

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

1. To press again.
   • to repress a vinyl record

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