suppress

views updated May 18 2018

sup·press / səˈpres/ • v. [tr.] forcibly put an end to: the uprising was savagely suppressed. ∎  prevent the development, action, or expression of (a feeling, impulse, idea, etc.); restrain: she could not suppress a rising panic. ∎  prevent the dissemination of (information): the report had been suppressed. ∎  prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction): use of the drug suppressed the immune response. ∎  partly or wholly eliminate (electrical interference). ∎  Psychoanalysis consciously inhibit (an unpleasant idea or memory) to avoid considering it.DERIVATIVES: sup·press·i·ble adj.sup·pres·sive / -siv/ adj.sup·pres·sor / -sər/ n.

suppress

views updated May 14 2018

suppress put down by force or authority XIV; subdue (feelings, etc.) XVI; keep secret. f. suppress-, pp. stem of L. supprimere, f. SUB- + premere PRESS.
So suppression XVI — L. suppressive XVIII.

suppress

views updated Jun 08 2018

suppress To prevent the output or sensing of selected data or signals. See also zero suppression.

Suppress

views updated May 18 2018

SUPPRESS

To stop something or someone; to prevent, prohibit, or subdue.

To suppress evidence is to keep it from being admitted at trial by showing either that it was illegally obtained or that it is irrelevant.