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Oppressit, ppl. a. Also: opprest, (opprersit). [ME. opressid (Wyclif), e.m.E. opprest (c 1511), oppressed.] Oppressed. — 1566 Hawick Arch. Soc. Sept. 1878.
To the pour opprersit [sic in pr.] subjectis a1568 Scott Bann. MS. 246 b/42.
Oppressit hairt indure
Also adj. used absol. — 1567 G. Ball. 88.
Bot God hes said … I will ryse vp incontinent For the opprest
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