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Appresses vs Oppresses - What's the difference?

appresses | oppresses |

As verbs the difference between appresses and oppresses

is that appresses is (appress) while oppresses is .

appresses

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appress)

    • appress

    English

    Verb

  • To press close to something else

    • Derived terms

    * appression

    Anagrams

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    oppresses

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oppress)
    • ----

    oppress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  • * , II.x:
    • Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
  • To keep down by force
    • The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
  • To make sad or gloomy
    • We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

    Related terms

    * oppression

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs