repress

verb
/ɹəˈpɹɛs/

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).

  1. derived from repressus

Definitions

  1. To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

    • to repress rebellion or sedition
    • to repress the first risings of discontent
  2. To check

    To check; to keep back.

    • Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,
  3. To press again.

    • to repress a vinyl record
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A record pressed again

      A record pressed again; a repressing.

      • Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repress. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at repress. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at repress

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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