Both Uses of
repress
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'I know you didn't like him,' she answered, repressing a little the intensity of her delight.†
Chpt 10 *
- He retained a great deal of the reserve for which his boyhood was remarkable; and that served to repress all startling demonstrations of feeling.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)