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sup⋅press

  [suh-pres]
Use suppress in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist party.
2. to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
3. to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
4. to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
5. to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
6. to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
7. Electricity. to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME suppressen < L suppressus (ptp. of supprimere to press down), equiv. to sup- sup- + pressus (see press 1 )

Related forms:
sup⋅pressed⋅ly  [suh-prest-lee, -pres-id-] , adverb
sup⋅press⋅i⋅ble, adjective
sup⋅pres⋅sive, adjective
sup⋅pres⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
sup⋅pres⋅sor, sup⋅press⋅er, noun
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sup·press   (sə-prěs')   
tr.v.   sup·pressed, sup·press·ing, sup·press·es
  1. To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
  2. To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
  3. To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
  4. To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
  5. To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check: suppress a smile.
  6. To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or cough, for example); arrest.

[Middle English suppressen, from Latin supprimere, suppress- : sub-, sub- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.]
sup·press'ant n., sup·press'i·ble adj.
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Suppress

Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] [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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : suppress
Spanish: reprimir,
German: unterdrücken,
Japanese: 鎮圧する
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suppress 
c.1380, "to put down by force or authority," from L. suppressus, pp. of supprimere "press down, stop, check, stifle," from sub "down, under" + premere "push against" (see press (v.1)). Sense of "prevent or prohibit the circulation of" is from 1560.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sup·press
Pronunciation: s&-'pres
Function: transitive verb
1 : to put down by authority or force
2 a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of
3 a : to exclude (illegally obtained evidence) from use at trial <suppress narcotics found in violation of the right against unreasonable search and seizure> b : to fail to disclose (material evidence favorable to a defendant) in violation of due process suppressing evidence> —compare BRADY MATERIAL intransitive verb : to suppress evidence —sup·press·ible adjective —sup·pres·sion /-'pre-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: sup·press
Pronunciation: s&-'pres
Function: transitive verb
1 : to exclude from consciousness <suppressedanxiety>
2 : to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough>
3 : INHIBIT 2 <suppresses the human immune response —Josie Glausiusz>; especially : to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress amutation> —sup·press·ibil·i·ty /-"pres-&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
—sup·press·ible /-'pres-&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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suppress sup·press (sə-prěs')
v. sup·pressed, sup·press·ing, sup·press·es

  1. To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system.
  2. To deliberately exclude unacceptable desires or thoughts from the mind.
  3. To reduce the incidence or severity of a condition or symptom, such as a hemorrhage.

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