All 3 Uses of
suppress
in
Arrowsmith
- Once he was prepared to publish, but he found an error and rigidly suppressed his notes.†
Chpt 12 *
- He was gentle and pretty, but firm; Martin was to suppress (Holabird did not say "suppress"— he said "leave to me for further consideration") the real statistical results, and issue the report with an ambiguous summary.†
Chpt 36
- He was gentle and pretty, but firm; Martin was to suppress (Holabird did not say "suppress"— he said "leave to me for further consideration") the real statistical results, and issue the report with an ambiguous summary.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(suppress) trying to keep under controlThe exact meaning of suppress can depend upon its context. For example:
- "suppressed the revolution" -- to stop others from doing something by force
- "suppressed a smile" -- kept something from happening
- "suppressed the story" -- kept news from spreading
- "suppressed her fear" -- controlled an emotion
- "suppressed the memory" -- avoided thinking about (perhaps even removed from conscious memory)
editor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.