Definition of suppress

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Suppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppres.

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Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission..
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
Amenorrhoea :: Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..
Snicker :: Snicker (n.) A half suppressed, broken laugh..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..
Metemptosis :: Metemptosis (n.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years..
Undermirth :: Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) The part thus suppressed.
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Suppressing :: Suppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Suppres.
Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..
Stupor :: Stupor (n.) Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..
Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..
Ischury :: Ischury (n.) A retention or suppression of urine.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion..
Sorbonist :: Sorbonist (n.) A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789..
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
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