Both Uses of
oppress
in
As You Like It
- I pr'ythee, shepherd, if that love or gold Can in this desert place buy entertainment, Bring us where we may rest ourselves and feed: Here's a young maid with travel much oppress'd, And faints for succour.†
Scene 2.4
- There is an old poor man Who after me hath many a weary step Limp'd in pure love: till he be first suffic'd,— Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger,— I will not touch a bit.†
Scene 2.6 *
Definition:
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(oppress as in: oppressive government) to dominate harshly and unfairly; or to make sufferThe meaning of oppress depends upon its context. For example:
- "The authorities oppress political activists," or "The new nation oppressed Native Americans." -- to dominate harshly and unfairly
- "She is oppressed by excessive debt." - made to suffer