Definitions for suppress
səˈprɛssup·press

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

2. oppress, suppress, crushverb

   come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

   "The government oppresses political activists"

3. inhibit, bottle up, suppressverb

   control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

4. suppress, repressverb

   put out of one's consciousness

5. suppressverb

   reduce the incidence or severity of or stop

   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppressverb

   To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.

   The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.

2. suppressverb

   To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

3. Etymology: From suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimo, from sub + premo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SUPPRESSverb

   Etymology: supprimo, suppressus, Lat. supprimer, Fr.

   1. To crush; to overpower; to overwhelm; to subdue; to reduce from any state of activity or commotion.

   Glo’ster would have armour out of the Tower,
   To crown himself king and suppress the prince. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. John Davies, on Ireland.

   Sir William Herbert, with a well armed and ordered company, set sharply upon them; and oppressing some of the forwardest of them by death, suppressed the residue by fear. John Hayward.

   2. To conceal; not to tell; not to reveal.

   Things not reveal’d, which th’ invisible King,
   Only omniscient, hath suppress’d in night. John Milton.

   Still she suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense; and, in the very close of her speech, she indirectly mentions it. , Notes on the Odyssey.

   3. To keep in; not to let out.

   Well did’st thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;
   For had the passions of thy heart burst out,
   I fear we should have seen decypher’d there
   More ranc’rous spight, more furious raging broils. William Shakespeare.

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1. suppress

   Suppress generally means to prevent or inhibit something from happening, developing, or being expressed. This could involve controlling, restraining, or curbing an action, emotion, or physical response. It may also refer to the act of forcibly putting an end to something, such as a protest or rebellion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suppressverb

   to overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell

2. Suppressverb

   to keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile

3. Suppressverb

   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

4. Suppressverb

   to stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suppress

   sup-pres′, v.t. to crush, put down: to keep in: to retain or conceal: to stop, restrain.—adv. Suppress′edly.—ns. Suppress′er, Suppress′or.—adj. Suppress′ible.—ns. Suppres′sion, act of suppressing: stoppage: concealment; Suppres′sionist, one who supports suppression.—adj. Suppress′ive, tending to suppress: subduing. [L. supprimĕre, suppressum—sub, under, premĕre, to press.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppress

   To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell; to destroy; as, the troops suppressed the rebellion.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suppress' in Verbs Frequency: #907

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suppress in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suppress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of suppress in a Sentence

1. Rashad Robinson:

   Facebook is already being used to suppress the Black vote in 2020, and we've seen all sorts of attacks on Black voters across the country. We're seeing an unprecedented amount of disinformation and misinformation traveling across the platform.

2. Frederick Douglass:

   Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they have resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.

3. Human Rights Watch:

   This provision appears tailor-made to suppress organized gatherings to prevent evictions for mortgage default and rent arrears.

4. Christian Head:

   Moving me to a storage bin makes me feel bad, but they are sending a message, they are trying to intimidate. They are trying to suppress [whistleblowers'] willingness to try to make a better life for these veterans.

5. Saul Bellow, O Magazine, September 2003:

   There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=suppress
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Suppress
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=suppress
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suppress
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=suppress
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html