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v. i.
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
n.
The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
a.
Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
imp. & p. p.
of Oppress
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Oppress
n.
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
a.
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
n.
That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
a.
Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.
a.
Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.
n.
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
n.
Opprobrium.
n.
Oppression.
n.
A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
prep.
Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
a.
Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
n.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
a.
Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
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