suppress
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)
- To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
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[edit] Translations
to hold in place, to keep low
[edit] External links
- suppress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- suppress in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
