suppressv.
/səˈprɛs/, U.S. /səˈprɛs/ 1. To overcome or keep down by force or authority.
a. transitive. To reduce (a person, a community, corporate body, etc.) to impotence or inactivity; to deprive of position or power; to keep in a state of subjection. Also: †to prohibit or restrain from doing something (obsolete).
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c1400 [implied in: J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 460 In suppressing of kynges state and destroyynge of obediens of prestis to lordis. (at suppressing n.)].
?1468 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 28 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Suppres Geve ony be that wald supprese the alderman bailleis or ony officiaris be nychtbouris of the toun.
1536 in W. A. J. Archbold Somerset Relig. Houses (1892) 56 To help me to the gifte of the priorie of ffynshed..yn case it be subpressed.
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Bv The parcialitie of Iudges suppressing the poare in ayding the riche.
?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 4v Fortune..neuer aduaunced any to dignitie, but shee suppressed the same againe vnto misery.
1697 View Penal Laws 159 Whosoever shall be lawfully discharged and suppressed touching his making of Mault.
1702 Bk. Martyrs II. viii. 54 Thomas Cromwell..with the Kings Leave..suppressed and demolished almost all the Monasteries in England.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 198 Forestallers certainly raise the price of markets a little, therefore should be suppressed.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 198 The King was strong enough..to suppress the outlaws by rigorous commissions.
1887 Spectator 24 Sept. 1265 The Government..issued proclamations suppressing the National League.
1893 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 589/1 The university of Strasburg, which was suppressed in the French Revolution as a stronghold of German sentiment, was reopened in 1872.
1916 Crisis Mar. 231/2 Where there has been a studious effort to suppress the black man, to mistreat him,..there have inevitably been disturbance..and much else to the detriment of the public good.
1977 Times 7 Nov. 17/5 Were it a secular organization with the same political aims it would have been suppressed already.
2002 W. Cassada in B. Cassada Woman remove thy Veil vi. 103 The ‘intellectual’..application of scripture..has been used to dominate, manipulate, control, and suppress women for hundreds of years.
b. transitive. To overcome (a person or group) by force; to overpower, vanquish, subdue.Cf. supprise v. 2. Now somewhat rare or merging with 1a, 1d.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > bring into subjection
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subjugate1447
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > by violence
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c1450 Cato's Distichs (Sidney Sussex) l. 189 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 18 (MED) Þow þat þou mai sum time supprese [Rwl: ouercome and schend] þi frende, haue rewthe be oni wise.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 29 Cam..kynge of Baktranys..Fyrst he [sc. Nynus] suppressit [a1550 Wemyss supprisit] withe his mycht, And slew hym syne withe fors in fycht.
1566 Queen Elizabeth I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 361 Yet this we do not conceave of that rebell as of one whom we cannot correct and suppresse.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 47 He caused thirtie of the chiefest men of the cittie..to come into the market place well appointed & furnished, to suppresse those that would attempt to hinder their purpose.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. iii. §18. 238 With an Armie [he]..made great hast toward Cilicia, hoping to suppresse him before hee should bee able to make head.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 250 The Loss of Rochel, by first Suppressing Their Fleet with His Own Royal Ships.
1766 E. Kimber Peerage of Eng. 59 The Field Conventiclers in Scotland..having assembled a very formidable force, the Duke of Monmouth was sent down to suppress them.
1995 F. Kellogg Road to Romanian Independence vi. 122 Turkish başibozuks, or irregular troops, suppressed the rebels in a bloodbath.
c. transitive. To withhold or withdraw (a book, play, etc.) from publication or the public sphere; to prevent or prohibit the circulation of. Cf. sense 3a.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > keep concealed [verb (transitive)] > refrain or prevent from publishing
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stifle1577
pocketa1616
censorize1860
censor1882
1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. A3 Some men thinke that he ys ashamed of his perte and for that cause doth so diligently suppresse the worke..he prynted.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccx Ye wryting was suppressed by your captaines and gouernour of your Realme.
1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 40 To intercept writings, and seeke to suppresse things published.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 14 Those books..cannot be supprest without the fall of learning.
1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 46 After the Work was ready for the Press, it was near being suppress'd by the Ignorance or Malice of the Licenser.
1759 B. Langton Idler 28 July 233 I leave it to you to publish or suppress it.
1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 8 The government tried to suppress the book [sc. Tyndale's Bible], and many copies were seized.
1873 Westm. Papers 1 Apr. 202 Does..the Lord Chamberlain suppress the play? On the contrary, the play may be produced..but the name Jack Sheppard must be altered to something else.
1887 T. Leach Short Sketch Tractarian Upheaval v. 154 The Bishop of Oxford wrote to Newman, begging him..to suppress the Tract.
1919 J. Reed Ten Days that shook World vi. 151 The men who began their stroke of treachery in the night, who have suppressed the newspapers, will not keep the country in ignorance long.
1937 Life 4 Jan. 6 (caption) This photograph..pleased neither..movie actress nor..press agent, who suppressed it.
2003 Independent 4 Dec. (Review section) 3/3 The Bush administration has altered, suppressed or attempted to discredit close to a dozen major reports on the subject [of global warming].
d. transitive. To cause (a practice, action, etc.) to cease; to put an end to; to prevent or disallow the use of; to stop, discontinue. Also: to put down (a rebellion, uprising, or the like) by force; cf. 1b.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
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to set in or at stay1538
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to break off1607
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to make (a) stop of1638
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to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
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end1737
to choke off1818
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punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > disallow or refuse permission
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > suppress (an action)
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > rebellion or riot
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reduce1682
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 121 The pryncys of our tyme have thys offyce [of Constable] utturly suppressyd.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.viijv, in Whole Wks. (1587) You waters wilde suppresse your waues.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 2 Our Long Bowes..no more to be vsed, but to be vtterly suppressed and extinguished.
1601 in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 189 To suppresse the present Rebellion in Mounster, I..haue designed foure thousand foot.
c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 138 To blow up the houses to suppress the fire.
1699 J. Dunton Acct. Conversat. in Dublin Scuffle 337 A Nonconformist Meeting was supprest at Gallway.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 53 To Discountenance, and Suppress all bold enquiries.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 18 Their Fleet..reduc'd to Six Gallies. When they had made an Addition of but Four new ones, the King of France sent his Orders to suppress them.
1799 Times 2 Mar. 1/4 The hundred thousand unheard of..unutterable cruelties..taken to suppress the rebellion.
1817 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 33 To suppress what were called the rotten boroughs.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 101 The Saxons..found that they could not suppress the language of the fugitive people.
1869 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. i. 1 By simple carnage she [sc. the Church] suppressed the Reformation in Italy, Spain, and France.
1944 Rotarian Mar. 28/2 It insists that black markets shall be vigorously and unremittingly suppressed.
1973 E. Steiner Slovak Dilemma i. 10 [Hungary's] deliberate policy of Magyarization of other national groups by suppressing their culture and closing their schools.
2011 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 June a10 Signs that the Syrian government is losing the initiative in its battle to suppress the uprising.
2.
a. transitive. To banish or keep hidden (a feeling, thought, desire, etc.) from one's mind; to stop thinking about. Also in later use Psychology: to consciously inhibit (an unacceptable thought, memory, or desire) to avoid considering it; cf. repress v.1 2c.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > suppress emotions
forbearOE
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squat1577
to bite in1608
contain?1611
to keep ina1616
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
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to trample under foot1530
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to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
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crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > sublimation of libido > sublimate [verb (transitive)] > keep out of conscious mind
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suppress1913
scotomize1927
a1500 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 615 (MED) I..Humbly his biddyng did obey..With fere suppresed for my ignoraunce, And in my hert quakyng for drede.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dv This gyft suppresseth and putteth downe all carnalitees.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 472 Morall vertues are verie necessarie: for by them our vnruly affections and vnprofitable desires are brideled or suppressed.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §47. 271 We ought..if any such [thoughts]..rise, presently to quash and suppresse them.
1694 Adventures Helvetian Hero 54 No longer in our powers to suppress even our most silent thoughts.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 70 To the suppressing the very Habit and familiar Custom of admiring natural Beautys.
1832 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 893 I..could not wholly suppress the feeling of regret to find her and her family still on that..wrecking shallow of Infra-Socinianism.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1864) II. v. 403 If a man suppresses part of himself, he becomes maimed and shorn.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §15. 49 Our consciousness of Space and Time cannot be suppressed.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vi. 87 Persons with squint learn to use only one eye, and the image on the retina of the other is said to be ‘suppressed’.
1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams 60 During his waking state..he has made an effort to suppress the sinful thoughts as often as they arise, and has kept them from maturing and becoming actions.
1983 P. Kurth Anastasia (1985) ii. iv. 125 It is probably a case of loss of memory by auto-suggestion, arising from a desire to suppress what she has experienced.
2004 New Yorker 18 Oct. 164/2 With prayer and self-discipline..he could suppress his yearnings for random female companionship.
b. transitive. To prevent (an exclamation, gesture, emotion, etc.) from being expressed or displayed; to keep from expressing; to stifle, contain.
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1557 New Test. (Geneva) 2 Tim. ii. 16 Suppresse prophane and vayne wordes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 182 Well didst thou Richard to suppresse thy voice. View more context for this quotation
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 124 Talgol, who had long supprest Enflamed wrath in glowing breast.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 The Husband..suppressing and keeping down the Swellings of his Grief.
a1721 M. Prior Poet. Wks. (1779) II. 105 Suppress your sigh, your down-cast eyelids raise.
1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. viii. 83 While Varius with a napkin scarce suppress'd His laughter.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 263 Here Mowbray could not suppress a movement of impatience.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. v. 19 Nor compressed lips, white with what they suppressed.
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. i. 18 He..suppressed his real tastes until he became the husband of Miss Curtis.
1907 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 8/5 ‘Well, I'm gawmed!’ exclaimed Mr. Bungard, unable to suppress his surprise.
1989 J. Dawson Judasland i. 26 Ambrose suppressed a yawn.
2004 Independent 25 Oct. (Review section) 5/2 Suppress muffled scream as horoscope..tells me to ‘expect a change of some kind in your..living situation today’.
c. transitive (reflexive). To refrain from expressing a particular emotion, opinion, etc.; to contain oneself.
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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > not speak or stop speaking [verb (reflexive)]
repress1574
suppress1646
1646 J. Saltmarsh Some Drops of Viall iii. 2 If it be truth they write, why doe they not own it? if untruth, why doe they write? Some such must either suppresse themselves for shame or fear.
1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus: 3rd Pt. viii. 88 So Joining with the lawful Force, Wisely suppress themselves of Course.
1755 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 201 How superior is it to any thing we have had or are like to have in the polite way!—but I suppress myself.
1792 R. Polwhele Idyllia (new ed.) II. 206 Were the translator to memorize his feelings in this manner, he might be accused by the severer critic of affectation or vanity. Yet he cannot suppress himself.
1849 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 275 After a vain effort to suppress himself, he burst into a loud laugh.
1881 W. H. White Autobiogr. Mark Rutherford vi. 116 The ball rose in my throat, the tears mounted to my eyes, and I had to suppress myself rigidly.
1920 Boys' Life Nov. 14/2 He could not suppress himself. ‘Whoever heard of a red-headed Indian?’ he demanded soulfully.
1952 in D. S. Thomas Salvage ii. 459 I knew that I would never be happy living where I had to suppress myself continually.
2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Mar. a11 I was in agony, crying, trying desperately to suppress myself, but I was screaming.
3.
a. transitive. To keep secret; to refrain from disclosing or divulging. Cf. sense 1c.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)]
suppress1533
throttle1582
swallowa1643
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]
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1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxliiiv In the rehersynge agayne of hys owne wordes.., he is fayne to suppresse & stele away these hys owne generall wordes.
a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 127 Yt wyll not suffer me to suppresse or kepe secret from you suche Matters.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 292 The rest I suppresse, in that offensively immodest.
1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts i. iii. §1 10 Whether it were surreptitiously obtained, the truth being supprest.
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 16 July 1/1 I shall suppress what has been written to me by those who have reviled me..and only Publish those Letters which approve my Proceedings.
1779 D. MacNicol Remarks Johnson's Journey to Hebrides 289 He [sc. Johnson] chose to suppress that circumstance, that he might take occasion to diminish..our ancient chieftains.
1828 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. in Misc. Writ. (1860) I. 241 What is told in the fullest..annals bears an infinitely small proportion to what is suppressed.
1846 Westm. Rev. Sept. 53/1 Their names being either withheld by themselves, or suppressed by those who speak of their works.
1905 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers 26 644 People almost invariably suppress the figures when the results are bad.
1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 22 Aug. 3/3 Motion to suppress the evidence denied.
2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xv. 207 In most popular British histories these atrocities are suppressed altogether or glossed over.
b. transitive. To refrain from stating or including (something that was formerly stated or included); to omit, leave out.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > exclude (from a total)
to take outc1175
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except1530
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1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xi. 48 If the Subject of the Consequent be put into the Antecedent, the Major is suppress'd.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Suppression Words that are necessarily imply'd, may be suppress'd.
1827 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Art 22 309 Though I have given but a few of the localities of coal quoted by authors, I have suppressed many more.
1879 All Year Round 18 Jan. 106/1 The original text was now scrupulously respected, the musical embellishments wholly suppressed.
1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. i. 1 On the 1/63,360 maps of the Ordnance Survey.., a large number of significant individual features are necessarily suppressed.
1968 N. Paxton Developm. Mallarmé's Prose Style i. 20 There is a distinct tendency to suppress the article, as when ‘les blancheurs’ becomes ‘autre blancheur’.
2005 L. Holford-Strevens Hist. Time i. 13 Ships..repeat the day when eastward bound and suppress a day when westward.
c. transitive. Architecture. To leave (a particular feature) out of a design or a building, typically in contrast to what is traditional or what might be expected from the rest of the design.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > omit or leave out
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1826 E. T. Cresy tr. F. Milizia Lives of Celebrated Architects II. iii. iii. 46 In some edifices he has suppressed the cornices in the middle [It. le cornice..son soppresse], in others left the entablatures entire.
1851 A. W. Pugin Chancel Screens 39 The monstrous idea..of suppressing the return stalls, and throwing open the whole choir.
1895 W. P. P. Longfellow Cycl. Wks. Archit. in Italy, Greece, & Levant 388/1 The interior was entirely rebuilt..by Borromini, who..suppressed every third column.
1940 G. Kubler Relig. Architect. New Mexico ii. v. 60 The clearstory window has been suppressed and the transept windows enlarged.
1998 D. Pringle Churches Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem II. 303/1 In the rebuilding of the chapel the western bay was suppressed.
4. transitive. figurative. To keep (a person, the mind, etc.) in a low or deprived state; to burden, weigh down. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 2002 suppressed is perhaps an error for oppressed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
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whelvec1000
allayOE
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to put downa1425
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slockc1485
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to trample under foot1530
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infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
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adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
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to set one's foot on the neck of1557
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sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
1537 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII XII. i. 16 My being here doth but with thought weaken the body and suppress the heart.
1592 R. Greene Pandosto (new ed.) sig. C Her vital spirits being suppressed with sorow.
?a1600 in A. Collins Peerage of Eng. (1735) I. 264 Acknowledging my self most bounde unto God, that neither made me abound with worldly Trashe, nor yet suppressed me with Poverty.
1689 P. Bellon tr. C. Bernard Count of Amboise ii. 178 He remain'd supprest with that Idea, and his Marriage became the most grievous of all his evils.
2002 B. M. Wheeler Prophets in Quran 141 Jacob's eyes turned white from so much crying and he was suppressed with sadness and longing for Joseph.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > press or force down
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1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth ix. sig. E.iiv That the lyuer whiche is the fyre vnder the potte is subpressed.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. liii It maye come also of a reumatyke humour suppressynge the brayne.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C4 That disdainfull beast..Vnder his Lordly foot him proudly hath supprest.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. sig. b iij b/1 The plate layede in the mouth, to keepe downe and suppres the tonge.
6. Medicine and Physiology.
a. transitive. To stop or check the flow of (blood, urine, etc.); to staunch. Cf. suppression n. 3a. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > cause disorder of reproductive organs [verb (transitive)] > disorders of womb
suppress1547
antevert1835
1547 C. Langton Very Brefe Treat. Phisick ii. vi. sig. H.v Wherfore if the flowres be suppressed at any tyme, excepte that tyme that the woman goethe with childe, or geueth sucke, it decayeth health vtterly.
1610 S. H. tr. Hippocrates Whole Aphorismes 37 Contrariwise, the North wind causeth coughs,..suppresseth vrine, stirreth vp cold shiverings, [etc.].
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. ii. 481 If blacke blood issue foorth, bleede on, if it be cleere and good, let it be instantly suppressed.
1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours 108 All Evacuations suppressed ought to be renewed, and all extraneous Ferments to be corrected or evacuated.
1752 J. Pringle Observ. Dis. Army iii. vi. 283 It was more proper to go on with the evacuation, than to suppress the flux.
1827 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) i. i. 71 I have witnessed the supervention of peritonitis, severe dysentery, and arachnitis, to fluxes suppressed by the use of hot wine and spices.
1854 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. iv. 129 Hæmorrhage, which..it was impossible to suppress.
1915 P. W. Squire Pocket Compan. Brit. Pharmacopœia (ed. 2) 383 Chiefly used locally in form of lotion or injection to suppress hæmorrhage from the gums.
b. transitive. More generally: to inhibit or prevent (a physiological or pathological process, function, phenomenon, etc.); to reduce or prevent the functioning of. Cf. suppression n. 3b.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)]
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pre-empt1957
deter1961
1651 P. Armin tr. F. Glisson et al. Treat. Rickets 77 For the Vital Constitution is a certain transient action..which, while it lasteth, is in a continual flux and motion, and which like a flame, when the continual fomentation and reparation of it is suspended and suppressed, suddenly extinguished.
1696 J. Pechey tr. T. Sydenham Whole Wks. 221 Therefore I propose this Method for the cure of it [sc. pleurisie], namely, That the Inflammation of the Blood be suppressed.
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 284 In an inflammation of the lungs, when the spitting is suppressed.
1767 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. i. 25 In the operation for the aneurism a large artery is tied up, and the circulation of the blood for some time almost totally suppressed in the part, without any material injury to health.
1810 J. Ferriar Med. Hist. & Refl. (new ed.) I. 219 Any attempt to suppress the disease suddenly, I apprehend, would be unsafe.
1969 J. H. Green Basic Clin. Physiol. xvi. 91/2 The hormones of the adrenal cortex have an action in suppressing allergic responses.
1977 Lancet 5 Nov. 954/2 A 6-day course of oral dexamethasone at a dosage which would completely suppress a.c.t.h.[= adrenocorticotrophic hormone] in a person with adrenal insufficiency.
2003 New Yorker 5 May 77/1 In 1959, researchers at Tufts University Medical School had discovered a drug, 6-mercaptopurine, that could suppress the immune system in rabbits.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape
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beforcec1375
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to rip off1967
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5 He it was, that earst would haue supprest Faire Vna.
8. transitive. Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. To eliminate or inhibit (electrical interference or unwanted frequencies).
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society > communication > telecommunication > [verb (transitive)] > suppress interference
suppress1902
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > prevention of interference > provide with safeguards [verb (transitive)] > eliminate interference
suppress1902
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > eliminate unwanted frequencies
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1902 Rep. Year 1901 (National Physical Lab.) 36 In many tests, particularly with telephonic frequencies, the occurrence of harmonics is troublesome, and often it is of great advantage to be able to suppress..the most prominent of these harmonics.
1933 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 57/2 Interference troubles are present in abundance... To suppress these oscillations, 25,000-ohm resistors are placed in each spark plug lead.
1964 R. F. Ficchi Electr. Interference iv. 29 Shielding is the only practical method of suppressing interference which is radiated directly from a source.
1980 J. R. Pierce & E. C. Posner Introd. Communication Sci. & Syst. x. 224 A data signal with dc suppressed is sent through..single-sideband telephone links.
2001 M. Otto Chemometrics (ed. 2) ii. 66 To suppress high frequencies, which are typical for noise, a low-pass filter is required.
9. transitive. To fit with a suppressor (suppressor n. 3). rare.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > prevention of interference > provide with safeguards [verb (transitive)] > fit with suppressor
suppress1948
1948 Electronic Engin. 20 95 Garages and service stations are asked to co-operate in ‘suppressing’ cars already on the road.
1955 Times 31 Aug. 5/1 Everyone, he said, should beware of people who told them that all appliances must now be suppressed, especially if they were trying to sell suppressors.
1970 AA Bk. Car. 332 (heading) Suppressing the coil and the dynamo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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