An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SUPPRESS
suppress
(verb) lessen to the point of stopping; “suppress a yawn”; “this drug can suppress the hemorrhage”
suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer
(verb) bring under control by force or authority; “suppress a nascent uprising”; “stamp down on littering”; “conquer one’s desires”
suppress, repress
(verb) put out of one’s consciousness
inhibit, bottle up, suppress
(verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior; “suppress a smile”; “he let his anger bottle up until he exploded”
oppress, suppress, crush
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one’s authority; “The government oppresses political activists”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
(psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
To prevent publication.
To stop a flow or stream.
(US, legal) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
(electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
(obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.
Anagrams
• press-ups
Source: Wiktionary
Sup*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] Etym: [L. suppressus, p.p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.]
1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. Sir J. Davies.
2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.
3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. Broome.
4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
Syn.
– To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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