What does "oppress" mean?
Oppress: To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.
- 3.To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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