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111weigh down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. push down, pull down, hold down, burden, oppress; see also depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. saddle, encumber, load. see burden III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit,… …
112Severity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Severity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 severity severity Sgm: N 1 strictness strictness harshness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rigor rigor stringency austerity Sgm: N 1 inclemency inclemency …
113repress — re|press [rıˈpres] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of reprimere to press back , from premere; PRESS2] 1.) to stop yourself from doing something you want to do ▪ Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him. ▪ I repressed a …
114press — English has two words press. The commoner, and older, ‘exert force, push’ [14], comes via Old French presser from Latin pressāre, a verb derived from the past participle of premere ‘press’ (source of English print). The corresponding noun press… …
115oppressed — (adj.) late 14c., pp. adjective from OPPRESS (Cf. oppress) …
116oppression — mid 14c., cruel or unjust use of power or authority, from Fr. oppression (12c.), from L. oppressionem (nom. oppressio), noun of action from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Meaning action of weighing on someone s mind or spirits …
117oppressive — (adj.) 1641, from M.L. oppressivus, from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness …
118overlay — v. a. 1. Cover, spread over. 2. Smother, overlie, oppress. 3. Overwhelm, oppress with weight, crush, overpower. 4. Cloud, overcast, hide, obscure. 5. Span, over span, cover …
119depress — depress, weigh, oppress mean to put such pressure or such a load upon a thing or person as to cause it or him to sink under the weight. Depress implies a lowering of something by the exertion of pressure or by an overburdening; it most commonly… …
120grind — [c]/graɪnd / (say gruynd) verb (ground or, Rare, grinded, grinding) –verb (t) 1. to wear, smooth, or sharpen by friction; whet: to grind a lens; to grind an axe. 2. to reduce to fine particles as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or… …
