v.
- subdue by force.
- restrain, prevent, or inhibit.
▸suppress (a thought, feeling, or desire) in oneself so that it becomes or remains unconscious.
- Biology prevent the transcription of (a gene).
Derivative
- represser n.
- repressible adj.
- repression n.
Etymology
ME: from L. repress-, reprimere ‘press back, check’.