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Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon..

Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..

Surfeit :: Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets..

Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

Rod :: Rod (n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression..

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Overgrow :: Overgrow (v. t.) To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress..

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Angor :: Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression..

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..

Low :: Low (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice..

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity..

Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..

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