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suppressed |
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]: suppressed adj 1: kept from public knowledge by various means [ant: {publicized}] 2: manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press" 3: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" [syn: {smothered}, {stifled}, {strangled}]
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