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Chaucer.

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.

Op*press"or (?), n. [L.] One who
oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses
others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

The orphan pines while the oppressor
feeds.

Shak.

To relieve the oppressed and to punish the
oppressor.

Swift.

Op*pres"sure (?), n.
Oppression.

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