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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.
EXPANDto stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
6.
to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
7.
COLLAPSEElectricity. to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English suppressen < Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)
1375–1425; late Middle English suppressen < Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)
Related forms
sup·press·i·ble, adjective
sup·pres·sive, adjective
sup·pres·sive·ly, adverb
sup·pres·sor, sup·press·er, noun
EXPANDnon·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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
suppress sup·press (sə-prěs')
v. sup·pressed, sup·press·ing, sup·press·es
To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system.
To deliberately exclude unacceptable desires or thoughts from the mind.
To reduce the incidence or severity of a condition or symptom, such as a hemorrhage.
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