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Repressible

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re·press  (r-prs)
v. re·pressed, re·press·ing, re·press·es
v.tr.
1. To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.
2. To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.
3. Psychology To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.
4. Biology To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.
v.intr.
To take repressive action.
[Middle English repressen, from Latin reprimere, repress- : re-, re- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.]
re·pressi·bili·ty n.
re·pressi·ble adj.
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