suppressed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suppressed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressed adj kept from public knowledge by various means; [ant: publicised, publicized] manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press" held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" Synonym(s): smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed
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.