To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif. For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton.
To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak.
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.
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