oppress

Definitions

1. 1.To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. 2.To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.
3. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?