oppress (opres)

t. [ It. opprimere = Pg. opprimir = Sp. oprimir = F. opprimer ), pp. oppre us, pre against, pre together, oppre , A scion sette it VI feet from the tree, Lest that the tree encrece, and it oppre e . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 68. 2. To pre unduly upon or against; overburden; weigh down, literally or figuratively: as, oppre ed with care or anxiety; oppre ed with fear. Oppre 'd with two weak evils, age and hunger. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. 132. The greatest injury could not have oppre ed the heart of Le Fevre more than my Uncle Toby's paternal kind Sterne , Tristram Shandy, vi. 12. 3. To overpower or overcome; overbear or overwhelm; suppre ; subdue. IMG:content-1769.png:[blocks in formation] oppre ed (o-prest'), a. [