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re-press

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rē′pres′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
re-press  (rē′pres′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. 
  1. to press again or anew.
  • re- + press1 1870–75

re•press  (ri pres′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  2. to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
  3. to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
  4. to reduce (persons) to subjection.
  5. Psychiatryto reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.

v.i. 
  1. to initiate or undergo repression.
  • Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere), equivalent. to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
  • Middle English repressen 1325–75
re•press′i•ble, adj. 
    1. bridle, control. See check. 3. subdue, quash. 4. crush.
    1. –4. foster.

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