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oppressing |
1 definition found 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.
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