Definition of suppress

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Suppress (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile..

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Undermirth :: Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.
Override :: Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto..
Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..
Amenorrhoea :: Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Ecthlipsis :: Ecthlipsis (n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel..
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Snicker :: Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
Snicker :: Snicker (n.) A half suppressed, broken laugh..
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Janizary :: "Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..
Mumble :: Mumble (v. t.) To suppress, or utter imperfectly..
Suppression :: Suppression (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like..
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..
Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Suppress :: Suppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppres.
Smouldering :: Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
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