SUPPRESS
\səpɹˈɛs], \səpɹˈɛs], \s_ə_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of SUPPRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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control and refrain from showing; of emotions
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
By Princeton University
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control and refrain from showing; of emotions
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
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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.
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To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
By Oddity Software
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To subdue; crush; as, to suppress a rebellion; keep in; restrain; as, to suppress a smile; conceal; as, to suppress the facts in a case; stop the publication of; as, to suppress a magazine; cause to cease; check; as, to suppress a hemorrhage.
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Suppresser, suppressor.
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Suppressive.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
