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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-press (rē′pres′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to press again or anew.
re•press (ri pres′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
- to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
- to reduce (persons) to subjection.
- Psychiatryto reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
v.i. - to initiate or undergo repression.
- Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere), equivalent. to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
- Middle English repressen 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bridle, control. See check.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged subdue, quash.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crush.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –4. foster.
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