2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suppress  \Sup*press"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Suppressed};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Suppressing}.]  [L.  suppressus  p.  p.  of  supprimere 
  to  suppress;  sub  under  +  premere  pressum  to  press.  See 
  {Sub-},  and  {Press}.] 
  1.  To  overpower  and  crush;  to  subdue;  to  put  down  to  quell. 
 
  Every  rebellion,  when  it  is  suppressed,  doth  make 
  the  subject  weaker,  and  the  prince  stronger.  --Sir 
  J.  Davies. 
 
  2.  To  keep  in  to  restrain  from  utterance  or  vent;  as  to 
  suppress  the  voice;  to  suppress  a  smile.  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  She  suppresses  the  name  and  this  keeps  him  in  a 
  pleasing  suspense.  --Broome. 
 
  4.  To  stop;  to  restrain;  to  arrest  the  discharges  of  as  to 
  suppress  a  diarrhea,  or  a  hemorrhage. 
 
  Syn:  To  repress;  restrain;  put  down  overthrow;  overpower; 
  overwhelm;  conceal;  stifle;  stop;  smother. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suppress 
  v  1:  to  put  down  by  force  or  authority;  "suppress  a  nascent 
  uprising",  "stamp  down  on  littering"  "conquer  one's 
  desires"  [syn:  {stamp  down},  {inhibit},  {subdue},  {conquer}, 
  {curb}] 
  2:  come  down  on  "The  government  oppresses  political  activists" 
  [syn:  {oppress},  {crush}] 
  3:  control  and  refrain  from  showing;  of  emotions  [syn:  {bottle 
  up}] 
  4:  put  out  of  one's  consciousness;  in  psychiatry  [syn:  {repress}] 

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