repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
repressible
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a word derived from
repress.
Example Sentences
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There are three ways to control the transcription of an operon: inducible control, repressible control, and activator control.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The trp operon is an example of repressible control because it uses proteins bound to the operator sequence to physically prevent the binding of RNA polymerase.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There is nothing more banal, and nothing less repressible, than noting when horrific real-world events resemble movies.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
The news was the extraordinary number of spokesmen in both countries who, admitting the profound differences between them, insisted that war was repressible.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dog is hardly repressible in the streets of an Oriental town.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton
