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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppressed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Oppressing}.] [F. oppresser, LL oppressare, fr L.
oppressus p. p. of opprimere ob (see {Ob-}) + premere to
press. See {Press}.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon to overload; hence to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down --Shak.
Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy
chosen ! --Milton.
2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To put down to crush out to suppress. [Obs.]
The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
of food oppresses the stomach.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
oppress
v 1: come down on "The government oppresses political activists"
[syn: {suppress}, {crush}]
2: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet
Union" [syn: {persecute}, {harass}]
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