to overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.-to keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.-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.-to stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.