REPRESS


Meaning of REPRESS in English

I. rə̇ˈpres, rēˈp- verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

Etymology: Middle English repressen, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, repress — more at reprimand

transitive verb

1. : to check by or as if by pressure : keep or hold in check : restrain from spreading, increasing, or doing harm : control , curb

obstruction of justice … is sternly repressed — Edward Jenks

developed psychic interests … but then these were repressed by her parents — A.G.N.Flew

law tended to foster rather than repress grammar — H.O.Taylor

repress bleeding

2. : to keep down or under by self-control : restrain oneself from expression (as by showing, feeling, or uttering) of : keep under control

could not repress a smile at the comical figure — Ellen Glasgow

repressed the temptation to talk about it — Kathleen Freeman

a remarkable ability to repress his home worries while on the job — W.H.Whyte

3.

a. : to reduce to subjection or quietness : put down by force : subdue

a hopeless undertaking … to try to repress such powerful subjects — H.T.Buckle

b. : to suppress by exercising force : put down : quell

the royal commissioners sent to repress the tumult — J.R.Green

4. : to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of : cause repression of or in

chill penury repressed their noble rage — Thomas Gray

natural instinct repressed by a perpetual stern control — Havelock Ellis

5. : to exclude from consciousness : subject to repression

new experiential material … repressed in the personality to the level of the unconscious — H.W.Dunham

repress conflicts

intransitive verb

: to cause or bring about repression : take repressive action

the dominant minority's will to repress — A.J.Toynbee

taboos against the gentler emotion force him to repress — Howard Griffin

II. ˈrēˌpres noun

: a machine for re-pressing brick

III. transitive verb

: to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.