Definition of Represses

1. Verb. (third-person singular of repress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Represses

1. repress [v] - See also: repress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Represses

representative sample
representative sampling
representatively
representativeness
representatives
represented
representer
representers
representing
representment
represents
repress
repressed
represser
repressers
represses (current term)
repressibility
repressible
repressible enzyme
repressilator
repressilators
repressing
repression
repression-sensitization
repressionist
repressions
repressive
repressively
repressiveness
repressor

Literary usage of Represses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Sir John Hone appointed commandant of Lisbon ; represses all disorders—Disputes between the French and English commissioner*—-Reflections thereupon. ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... Cotton to interrupt ihe execution of the convention—Sir John Hope appointed commandant of Lisbon ; represses all disorders—Disputes between the French ..."

3. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... Dowager-Empress Regent—The Tonkin and Annam War—A Franco-Chinese Treaty—An anti-Christian rebellion—The Tsa-pi-ti—Li-hung-chang represses the rebels—The ..."

4. The History of Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter (1852)
"... sentenced to death— Rescued by Pocahontas—His release—Returns to Jamestown—represses the malcontents—They plot his death— His summary proceedings. ..."

5. The History of Virginia, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Timothy Shay Arthur (1853)
"... sentenced to death— Rescued by Pocahontas—His release—Returns to Jamestown—represses the malcontents—They plot his death— His summary proceedings. ..."

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