Bible Dictionaries
Repress
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) To press again.
(3):
(v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
(4):
(n.) The act of repressing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Repress'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/repress.html. 1828.