Both Uses of
repress
in
Northanger Abbey
- Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself, and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be, she could not entirely repress a doubt, while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit, of his being altogether completely agreeable.†
Chpt 9 *
- Unable of course to repress your curiosity in so favourable a moment for indulging it, you will instantly arise, and throwing your dressing-gown around you, proceed to examine this mystery.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)