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  • 1 prae-gravō

        prae-gravō —, ātus, āre,    to press heavily upon, oppress with weight, encumber: exonerare praegravante turbā regnum, L.: praegravata telis scuta, burdened, L.—Fig., to burden, oppress, weigh down: dantem et accipientem, L.: animum, H.: artīs Infra se positas, press down by his superiority, H.

    Latin-English dictionary > prae-gravō

  • 2 praegravo

    prae-grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to press heavily upon, to oppress with weight, to encumber (perh. not before the Aug. period).
    I.
    Lit.:

    exonerare praegravante turbā regnum cupiens,

    Liv. 5, 34:

    praegravata telis scuta,

    burdened, heavy, id. 7, 23:

    caper praegravantibus auribus,

    drooping, Col. 7, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., to exceed in weight, preponderate:

    ne praegravet fructus parte aliquā,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
    II.
    Trop., to weigh down, depress: qui praegravat artes, Infra se positas, qs. presses them down by his own superiority, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—
    B.
    To preponderate:

    cito apparebit, pars civitatis deterior quanto praegravet,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Caes. 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praegravo

  • 3 gravō

        gravō āvī, ātus, āre    [gravis], to make heavy, load, burden, weigh down, weight, oppress: membra gravabat onus, O.: poma gravantia ramos, O.: vino somnoque, L.: semper gravata lentiscus, loaded with fruit: papavera pluviā gravantur, V. —Fig., to burden, oppress, incommode: officium, quod me gravat, H.: gravari militiā, L.: somno gravatus, V.— To make more grievous, aggravate, increase: fortunam meam, O.: faenore gravatum aes alienum, L.
    * * *
    gravare, gravavi, gravatus V TRANS
    load/weigh down; burden, oppress; pollute (air); accuse, incriminate; aggravate

    Latin-English dictionary > gravō

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  • Oppress — Op*press , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oppressing}.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L. oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see {Ob }) + premere to press. See {Press}.] 1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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