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re-press

(rē′prĕs′)

tr.v. re-pressed, re-press·ing, re-press·es

To press again: re-pressed the shirt after noticing more wrinkles.

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re-press

(ˈriˈprɛs)

v.t., v.i.

to press again.

[1870–75]

re•press

(rɪˈprɛs)

v.t.

1. to check or inhibit (actions or desires).

2. to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).

3. to quell (disorder, sedition, etc.).

4. to reduce (persons) to subjection.

5. to suppress (memories, emotions, or impulses) unconsciously.

v.i.

6. to initiate or undergo repression.

[1325–75; Middle English < Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere=re- re- + primere to press¹]

re•press′i•ble, adj.

re-press

Past participle: re-pressed
Gerund: re-pressing

Imperative
re-press
re-press

Present
I re-press
you re-press
he/she/it re-presses
we re-press
you re-press
they re-press

Preterite
I re-pressed
you re-pressed
he/she/it re-pressed
we re-pressed
you re-pressed
they re-pressed

Present Continuous
I am re-pressing
you are re-pressing
he/she/it is re-pressing
we are re-pressing
you are re-pressing
they are re-pressing

Present Perfect
I have re-pressed
you have re-pressed
he/she/it has re-pressed
we have re-pressed
you have re-pressed
they have re-pressed

Past Continuous
I was re-pressing
you were re-pressing
he/she/it was re-pressing
we were re-pressing
you were re-pressing
they were re-pressing

Past Perfect
I had re-pressed
you had re-pressed
he/she/it had re-pressed
we had re-pressed
you had re-pressed
they had re-pressed

Future
I will re-press
you will re-press
he/she/it will re-press
we will re-press
you will re-press
they will re-press

Future Perfect
I will have re-pressed
you will have re-pressed
he/she/it will have re-pressed
we will have re-pressed
you will have re-pressed
they will have re-pressed

Future Continuous
I will be re-pressing
you will be re-pressing
he/she/it will be re-pressing
we will be re-pressing
you will be re-pressing
they will be re-pressing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been re-pressing
you have been re-pressing
he/she/it has been re-pressing
we have been re-pressing
you have been re-pressing
they have been re-pressing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been re-pressing
you will have been re-pressing
he/she/it will have been re-pressing
we will have been re-pressing
you will have been re-pressing
they will have been re-pressing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been re-pressing
you had been re-pressing
he/she/it had been re-pressing
we had been re-pressing
you had been re-pressing
they had been re-pressing

Conditional
I would re-press
you would re-press
he/she/it would re-press
we would re-press
you would re-press
they would re-press

Past Conditional
I would have re-pressed
you would have re-pressed
he/she/it would have re-pressed
we would have re-pressed
you would have re-pressed
they would have re-pressed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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