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Suppressing :: Suppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Suppres.

Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation..

Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Undermirth :: Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.

Supprise :: Suppressor (n.) One who suppresses.

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..

Elison :: Elison (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together..

Ecthlipsis :: Ecthlipsis (n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel..

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion..

Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) 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..

Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..

Extinguishable :: Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed..

Chuckle :: Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision..

Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision..

Suppressor :: Suppressive (a.) Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.

Abeyance :: Abeyance (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.

Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.

Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type..

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

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