Represses
[rɪ'presiz]
Examples
- The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The lesson which he thus receives, makes him cautious; he leaves politics, represses his pride, and saves pence. Plato. The Republic.
- They become dangerous to a nation when it denies them, thwarts them and represses them so long that they burst out and become dominant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Melville