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repress en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹəˈpɹɛs/

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
   • to repress the first risings of discontent
   • to repress rebellion or sedition
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:

Forms

Deriveds

repressible · repressibility · repressment · derepress · autorepress · transrepress · corepress

Relateds

repressive · repressor · repression

Synonyms

hold back · quench · tread · vanquish · repress · curtail · inhibit · behedge · stop · govern · stifle · dampen · subdue · suppress · suppress · hold back · subdue · throttle · bind · restrain · cork · straiten · quell · shackle · limit · bury · choke back · chasten · restrict · underbring · curb · smother · put down · catch · stay · hold down · quell · crush · hamshackle · contain · restrain · check · guard · withhold · withstrain

Translations (58)

mi kurupena (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · mi koropehu (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · la reprimo (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · de unterdrücken (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru сдерживать (to keep back) · th ระงับ (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · txb mäl- (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru воздерживаться (to keep back) · gl reprimir (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru усмирять (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · fa سرکوب کردن (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · bg сдържам (to keep back) · th กลั้น (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · de zurückdrängen (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · mi tāmoe (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · fr réprimer (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · cmn 抑制 (to keep back) · eo subpremi (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · eu zapaldu (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · cs zadržet (to keep back) · bo བཙན་གནོན་བྱས (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · bg потушавам (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · km បង្ក្រាប (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru сдержать (to keep back) · cs potlačit (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · eo sufoki (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ca reprimir (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · fr retenir (to keep back) · cs potlačovat (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru сдерживать (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru подавить (to keep back) · cy adwthio (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru пресечь (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · cs zadržovat (to keep back) · fa سرکوفتن (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru подавлять (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru сдержать (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru усмирить (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · es reprimir (to keep back) · mi whakakōmau (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru воздержаться (to keep back) · ca reprimir (to keep back) · ru подавлять (to keep back) · fr opprimer (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · pt reprimir (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru подавить (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · eo deteni (to keep back) · la reprimo (to keep back) · hu elfojt (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · fi tukahduttaa (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · vi đàn áp (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · de unterbinden (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · bg възпирам (to keep back) · cmn 鎮壓 /镇压 (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru пресекать (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · ru сдерживаться (to keep back) · es reprimir (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing) · fi pidättää (to keep back)

repress en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress From re- + press.

Meanings

1. 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. 2010, Clinton Heylin, Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry:

Forms

repress en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress From re- + press.

Meanings

1. To press again.
   • to repress a vinyl record
   • It had been a fraught car journey. From it my abiding memory is Charlie Troy having a deep but short-lived relationship with a smoking cigarette, rummaging after in the depthless depth of a shiny black handbag for a forbidden lipstick, finding it, applying it in Heaney’s mirror with a magician’s dexterity that defied the inconsistencies of the road, pressing, unpressing, and repressing her lips until the look came to her satisfaction and the bow was drawn. 2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), pages 300-301:

Forms

Translations (3)

cmn 重新壓製 /重新压制 (press again) · fr represser (press again) · fi painaa uudelleen (press again)