praegravo

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.