oppresses

noun

(obsolete) Oppression.

verb

(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

(transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

(transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

(transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.

Roots

premopress- · Latin · press

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