repressure

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verb

To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure

OriginEnglish pressure ← Latin pressūra ← Proto-Italic *pres- →
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Meanings

verbrepressure (third-person singular simple present repressures, present participle repressuring, simple past and past participle repressured)

present singular third person repressures · participle present repressuring · participle past repressured · past repressured

  1. To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure

    But rather than repressuring the Ukrainian pipeline system for exports, Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, ordered a single test shipment to see if it would pass through Ukraine to Europe, through a pipeline that was being used to supply the Ukrainian city of Odessa.

    2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  8. Proto-Italic*pres-
  9. Latinpremō
  10. Latinpressūra
  11. Englishpressure
  12. Englishrepressure

From re- + pressure.

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APA

repressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressure

MLA

“repressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repressure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressure.

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