Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suppress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suppress
v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's
desires" [syn: {stamp down}, {inhibit}, {subdue}, {conquer},
{curb}]
2: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn: {oppress},
{crush}]
3: control and refrain from showing; of emotions [syn: {bottle
up}]
4: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep
your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: {restrain}, {keep}, {keep
back}, {hold back}]
5: put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry [syn: {repress}]
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