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Inoppressive
Inoppressive In`op*press"ive, a. Not oppressive or burdensome. --O. Wolcott.
Oppressing
Oppress Op*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppressing.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to press. See Press.] 1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif. For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! --Milton. 2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak. 4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
Oppression
Oppression Op*pres"sion, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.' --Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs. There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft oppression seized My drowsed sense. --Milton. 4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oppressive
Oppressive Op*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n.
Oppressively
Oppressive Op*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n.
Oppressiveness
Oppressive Op*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope. -- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n.

Meaning of Oppressi from wikipedia

- resembles a quote from St. Augustine: corripiendi sunt inquieti, [...] oppressi liberandi, "the turbulent have to be corrected, [...] the oppressed to...
- soli si procurano il boccone  per godere la libera vita del gabbiano,  oppressi dalla pioggia di Ponente e di Levante  come olivi senza innesti.  Fra queste...
- l'Alpi… Libere le sponde… E tacque il Piave, si placaron le onde, Sul patrio suolo, Vinti i torvi Imperi. La Pace non trovò Né oppressi, né stranieri....
- inseparabiliterque uenerantissimus fuit, pius in omnibus fidefibus misericorsque oppressis catholicis. Quid multa? In omnibus operibus obtimus pers****. Belligerator...
- ai giovani: se vi impadronite del sapere, se lottate con lavoratori e oppressi, il vecchio ordine non avrà scampo". Collettiva (in Italian). Retrieved...
- Italian opera composer. Works by Salvatore Rispoli: Il trionfo de' pupilli oppressi, 1782 Nitteti, 1782 Ipermestra, 1795 Idalide, 1786 Il trionfo di Davide...
- a. C.-19 a. C.).". En: Dopico CaÍnzos; M. Villanueva Acuña (eds.), Aut oppressi serviunt… La intervención de Roma en las comunidades indígenas. Lugo :...
- 11 September 1938 Commissioned 12 October 1938 Motto Nella difesa degli oppressi e nella punizione degli scellerati (Defending the oppressed and punishing...
- the Crusca and the Royal Society, Averani founded the Accademia degli Oppressi (Academy of the Oppressed) to hold discussions on physics. Lezioni toscane...
- social commitment, during this period they engaged in the Giubileo degli Oppressi, a series of events and meetings organized both by clerics and lay people...