Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oppressed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppressed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oppressing}.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see {Ob-}) + premere to
press. See {Press}.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy
chosen ! --Milton.
2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
of food oppresses the stomach.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oppressed
adj 1: wrongfully subjugated and oppressed [syn: {downtrodden}, {persecuted}]
2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief";
"oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: {laden}]
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