op|press

op|press
op|press «uh PREHS», transitive verb.
1. to govern harshly; keep down unjustly or by cruelty: »

A good government will not oppress the people.

2. to weigh down; lie heavily on; burden: »

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits.

SYNONYM(S): overburden, crush.
3. Obsolete. to press down by force; trample down.
4. Obsolete. to put down; suppress.
[< Medieval Latin oppressare (frequentative) < Latin opprimere oppress < ob- against + premere press]

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