REPRESS

verb see: press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to check by or as if by pressure ; curb , to put down by force ; subdue , 2. to hold in by self-control , to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of , to exclude from consciousness , to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site, intransitive verb to take ~ive action, ~ibility noun ~ible adjective ~ive adjective ~ively adverb ~iveness noun