Reppress vs Oppress - What's the difference?
reppress | oppress |
(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
As a verb oppress is
(obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.reppress
Not English
Reppress has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'reppress':
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English
Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.