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- Repress - v. t. - To press again.
- Repress - v. t. - To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
- Repress - v. t. - Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
- Repress - n. - The act of repressing.
- Represser - n. - One who, or that which, represses.
- Repressible - a. - Capable of being repressed.
- Repression - n. - The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
- Repression - n. - That which represses; check; restraint.
- Repressive - a. - Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
- Repress - v. t. - To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
- Frown - v. t. - To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
- Restrain - v. t. - To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
- Daunt - v. t. - To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
- Smother - v. t. - Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- Blunt - v. t. - To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
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- H4624 מַעֲקֶה - 4624 מַעֲקֶה - מַעֲקֶה - - maʻăqeh - mah-ak-eh' - from an unused root meaning to repress; a parapet; battlement. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G4724 στέλλω - 4724 στέλλω - ΣΤΈΛΛΩ - - stéllō - stel'-lo - probably strengthened from the base of ἵστημι; properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with):--avoid, withdraw self. - Verb - greek