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Stage 1 of 2
oppressus
Latin · ancient
"pressed against, weighed down"
pressed against, weighed down, from ob- (against) and premere (to press)
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Stage 2 of 2
oppress
English · 1300s
"to keep someone down through unjust force"
settled as the English word for keeping someone down through unjust force
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