Oppress Definition

ə-prĕs
oppressed, oppresses, oppressing
verb
oppressed, oppresses, oppressing
To weigh heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses of; worry; trouble.
Webster's New World
To keep down by the cruel or unjust use of power or authority; rule harshly; tyrannize over.
Webster's New World
To cause to feel worried or depressed.
American Heritage
To crush; trample down.
Webster's New World
To overpower; subdue.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Oppress

  • Middle English oppressen from Old French opresser back-formation from oppression oppression from Latin oppressiō oppressiōn- from oppressus past participle of opprimere to press against ob- against ob– premere to press per-4 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress"), frequentive of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress"), from ob (“against") + premere, past participle pressus (“to press"); see press.

    From Wiktionary

Oppress Sentence Examples

  • The nobles were exhorted not to oppress the commons.

  • And yet in Gideon's time they were strong enough to oppress Israel.

  • During the first year of her reign she made known that she was "resolved not to follow the example of her predecessor in making use of a few of her subjects to oppress the rest.

  • The first and most famous of these rulers was Gabriel Bethlen (q.v.), who reigned from 1613 to 1629, perpetually thwarted all the efforts of the emperor to oppress or circumvent his Hungarian subjects, and won some reputation abroad by adroitly pretending to champion the Protestant cause.

  • The Germans were thereby deprived of their weapon of obstruction, and the Czechs lost the power of misusing their majority to oppress the Germans.

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