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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