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represser (1468)
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represser (1468)

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  FEW:  pressare 9,362a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  represser 10,551b TL: ∅ DEAF:  presser (*)  DMF:  represser  TLF: ∅ OED:  repress v.1  MED:  repressen v.  DMLBS:  reprimere 2777c

v.trans.

lawto suppress, repress, eliminate: 
( 1468 )  l'evesque [...] poet compeller son clergy de granter un aid [...] a represser un heresy  Exchequer Chamber ii 11

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See also:

oppresser  presser  repriendre  reprimer 
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