Repressurises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To restore or increase the pressure within a system or container after it has been reduced; to bring back a sense of emotional restraint or suppression following release; to reapply mental or societal constraints that limit expression or behavior
2. To cause a vessel or environment to regain its previous pressure level following decompression; to inhibit or hold back feelings or impulses after they have surfaced; to reinstate controls or restrictions that curb freedom of action or thought
3. To raise the pressure again in a closed space or apparatus that experienced a pressure drop; to suppress or control emotional responses once they appear; to resume enforcement of disciplinary or societal norms that restrain personal expression

Etymology: "Repressurises" is the third-person singular form of "repressurise", which means to restore lost pressure, typically to a sealed space such as an aircraft cabin or a spacecraft. It is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again", attached to "pressurise", so the whole word means to pressurise again. "Pressurise" itself traces back to "pressure", which came into English from Old French and ultimately from Latin "pressūra", a noun from "premere", "to press". The "-ise" ending comes through Middle French from Late Latin "-izare", which in turn was borrowed from Ancient Greek "-izein", a suffix used to turn nouns and adjectives into verbs. The verb "pressurise" was formed in English from this combination, and "repressurise" adds the familiar "re-" to it.

Synonyms: repressurizes, recompresses, represses pressure

Antonyms: depressurizes, ventilates