suppress

Suppress is defined as to keep something from happening.

(verb)

An example of suppress is to take a pill to ease stomach pains.

See suppress in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

1. to put down by force; subdue; quell; crush
2. to abolish by authority
to keep from appearing or being known, published, etc.: to suppress a news story, a book, etc.
to keep back; restrain; check: to suppress a laugh, a cough, etc.
to check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)
Electronics to eliminate or weaken (an unwanted oscillation, echo, etc.) in a circuit
Psychiatry to consciously dismiss from the mind (unacceptable ideas, impulses, etc.)

Origin: ME suppressen < L suppressus, pp. of supprimere, to press under, suppress < sub-, sub- + premere, to press

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See suppress in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb sup·pressed, sup·press·ing, sup·press·es

To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check: suppress a smile.
To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or cough, for example); arrest.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English suppressen

Origin: , from Latin supprimere, suppress-

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots

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