Definition of Suppress. Meaning of Suppress. Synonyms of Suppress

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Suppress. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Suppress and, of course, Suppress synonyms and on the right images related to the word Suppress.

Definition of Suppress

Suppress
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.

Meaning of Suppress from wikipedia

- Look up suppress, suppressant, suppressed, or suppression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Suppression may refer to: Suppression of Communism Act Suppression...
- The fallacy of suppressed correlative is a type of argument that tries to redefine a correlative (one of two mutually exclusive options) so that one alternative...
- and/or the dismissal of the prosecutor. In the United States, the motion to suppress stems from the exclusionary rule. As the U.S. Supreme Court stated in Simmons...
- The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (Chinese: 鎮壓反革命運動; pinyin: zhènyā fǎngémìng yùndòng, abbreviated as 鎮反; zhènfǎn) was the first campaign...
- singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whose attorney's attempt in 2003 to suppress the publication of a photograph showing her clifftop residence in Malibu...
- (Series Editor) (2005) ISBN 978-1-59558-018-4. A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (2006) ISBN 978-0-87286-475-7. Original Zinn: Conversations on History...
- The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (also referred to as the Trafficking Protocol or UN...
- Suppressed Duck is a 1965 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by David Detiege. The short was released...
- fire, coordinated with the maneuver of forces, to destroy, neutralise or suppress the enemy". Before NATO defined the term, the British and Commonwealth...
- the carrier signal level is reduced to reduce wasted electrical power. Suppressed-carrier transmission is a special case in which the carrier level is reduced...