What does "suppress" mean?

Suppress: To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

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