1. (v. t.) 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.

2. (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

3. (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.

4. (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

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