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suppress definition
sup·press (sə pres′)
transitive verb
- to put down by force; subdue; quell; crush
- 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.)
Etymology: ME suppressen < L suppressus, pp. of supprimere, to press under, suppress < sub-, sub- + premere, to press
Related Forms:
- suppressible sup·press′·ible adjective
- suppressive sup·pres′·sive adjective
- suppressively sup·pres′·sively adverb
- suppressor sup·pres′·sor noun
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