repress Copy link Outline 1. reprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 32. cohĭbeo, coerceo, 23. rĕfūto, 1 • repress: 1. reprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to r. one's anger, r. iracundiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8: v. restrain, check. 2. cohĭbeo, coerceo, 2: v. to restrain. 3. rĕfūto, 1: to r. nations by war, r. bello nationes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32: to r. his avarice, r. illius cupiditatem, id. Fam. 1, 9, 25. Phr.: they admit that the conspiracy was r.'d, revictam conjurationem fatentur, Tac. A. 15, 73.