repress
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repress¹
- /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).
verb represses · repressing · repressed
- To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. to repress rebellion or sedition
- To check; to keep back. Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,
repress²
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English press
English repress
From re- + press.
verb represses · repressing · repressed
- To press again. to repress a vinyl record
noun represses
- A record pressed again; a repressing. Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.
