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suppress

[suh-pres] Origin

sup·press

[suh-pres]
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.).
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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.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English suppressen < Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)

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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non·sup·pressed, adjective
non·sup·pres·sive, adjective
non·sup·pres·sive·ly, adverb
non·sup·pres·sive·ness, noun
pre·sup·press, verb (used with object)
qua·si-sup·pressed, adjective
re·sup·press, verb (used with object)
self-sup·press·ing, adjective
self-sup·pres·sive, adjective
un·sup·pressed, adjective
un·sup·press·i·ble, adjective
un·sup·pres·sive, adjective
well-sup·pressed, adjective
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World English Dictionary
suppress (səˈprɛs)
 
vb
1.  to put an end to; prohibit
2.  to hold in check; restrain: I was obliged to suppress a smile
3.  to withhold from circulation or publication: to suppress seditious pamphlets
4.  to stop the activities of; crush: to suppress a rebellion
5.  electronics
 a.  to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
 b.  to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
6.  psychiatry
 a.  to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
 b.  Compare repress to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires)
 
[C14: from Latin suppressus held down, from supprimere to restrain, from sub- down + premere to press]
 
sup'presser
 
n
 
sup'pressible
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

suppress
late 14c., "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.
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Medical Dictionary

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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