What is to keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson called?
sink — To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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