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suppress(dictionary)
MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE(law)

suppress (iou)



suppress verb trans. LME.
[Latin suppress- pa. ppl stem of supprimere, formed as SUB- + premere PRESS verb1.]
a. Cause (an activity etc.) to cease; put a stop to; spec. quell (a rebellion). LME.
C. Hill The revolt was suppressed..by Cromwell.
b. Put down by force; overwhelm, subdue. LME-L18.
c. Cause (a person, community, etc.) to become powerless or inactive. L15.
d. Withhold or withdraw (a book etc.) from publication; prohibit the circulation of. M16.
A. Briggs Despite..efforts to suppress Wycliffe's Bible, over a hundred copies survived.
Prevent (a feeling, reaction, etc.) from being expressed or displayed; restrain, stifle, subdue. E16.
C. Jackson Too difficult to suppress the..gasp that gave her away. C. Mungoshi He suppressed an impulse to whistle. A. Storr Depressives tend to suppress their own opinions. J. Dawson Ambrose suppressed a yawn.
Keep secret; refrain from disclosing or mentioning (information etc.). M16.
R. L. Stevenson Sternly..suppressed all reference to his escape.
a. Press down; press or weigh on; fig. bear heavily on, weigh down. M16-M17.
b. Rape. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
Hinder from passage; stop the flow of (blood etc.). L16.
a. Prevent or inhibit (an action or phenomenon); esp. eliminate or reduce (electrical interference or unwanted frequencies). E20.
b. Fit with a suppressor. M20.
suppressal noun (rare) = SUPPRESSION noun 2 M17.
suppresser noun (rare) = SUPPRESSOR L19.
suppressi'bility noun ability to be suppressed L20.
suppressible adjective able to be suppressed (earlier in INSUPPRESSIBLE, UNSUPPRESSIBLE) M19.
suppressive adjective having the quality or effect of suppressing someone or something, causing suppression (earlier in INSUPPRESSIVE) L18.
suppressively adverb M19.