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Oppress
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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oppression
(mass) | oppression
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Inoppressive
(gcide) | Inoppressive \In`op*press"ive\, a.
Not oppressive or burdensome. --O. Wolcott.
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Oppress
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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Oppressed
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.
Syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
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oppressed
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. 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.
[1913 Webster]oppressed \oppressed\ adj.
having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.
Syn: downtrodden, persecuted.
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Oppressing
(gcide) | Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to
press. See Press.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
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For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
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Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress
Thy chosen! --Milton.
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2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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Oppression
(gcide) | Oppression \Op*pres"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.]
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
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2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty;
severity; tyranny. "The multitude of oppressions." --Job
xxxv. 9.
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3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of
spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
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There gentle Sleep
First found me, and with soft oppression seized
My drowsed sense. --Milton.
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4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Oppressive
(gcide) | Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
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2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
commands.
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3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of
heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat
or humidity; an oppressive workload.
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To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
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Op*press"ive*ness, n.
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Oppressively
(gcide) | Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
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2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
commands.
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3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of
heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat
or humidity; an oppressive workload.
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To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. --
Op*press"ive*ness, n.
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Oppressiveness
(gcide) | Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
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2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
commands.
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3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; creating a sense of
heavy burden; as, oppressive grief or woe; oppressive heat
or humidity; an oppressive workload.
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To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
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Op*press"ive*ness, n.
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Oppressor
(gcide) | Oppressor \Op*press"or\, n. [L.]
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others;
one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable
severity.
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The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. --Shak.
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To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor.
--Swift.
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Oppressure
(gcide) | Oppressure \Op*pres"sure\, n.
Oppression. [Obs.]
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Unoppressive
(gcide) | Unoppressive \Unoppressive\
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OPPRESSO
(bouvier) | OPPRESSOR. One who having public authority uses it unlawfully to tyrannize
over another; as, if he keep him in prison until he shall do something which
he is not lawfully bound to do.
2. To charge a magistrate with being an oppressor, is therefore
actionable. Stark. Sland. 185.
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