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repressed

/ɹiˈpɹɛst/ verb C2
  1. Pressed again.
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Verb forms

Base form
repressed
He/she/it
represseds
Past
represseded
Past participle
represseded
-ing form
represseding

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We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantès, who, after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
“Come in,” said Louis XVIII., with repressed smile, “come in, Baron, and tell the duke all you know—the latest news of M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 90 · C1
The child had evidently been crying and Marilla felt a pang of pity which she sternly repressed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 97 · C1
But beneath this superficial calm there were in the heart of the young man, and perhaps in that of the old man, many repressed desires, many stifled sighs, which found vent when Faria was left alone, and when Edmond returned to his cell.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 203 · C1

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