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.