repress

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

   to repress rebellion or sedition

2. 2
   verb

   To check; to keep back.

   Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,

3. 3
   verb

   To press again.

   to repress a vinyl record

4. 4
   noun

   A record pressed again; a repressing.

   Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.

5. 5
   verb

   block the action of

6. 6
   verb

   put out of one's consciousness

7. 7
   verb

   conceal or hide

8. 8
   verb

   put down by force or intimidation

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).