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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Greek

4570. sbennumi -- to quench
... to quench. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sbennumi Phonetic Spelling:
(sben'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I extinguish, suppress Definition: (a) I ...
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1375. diogmos -- persecution
... 1375 (from 1377 , "follow, pursue") -- properly, pursuit (chase); -- literally,
"the to bring someone down like an animal," trying to suppress (punish) their ...
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2722. katecho -- to hold fast, hold back
... 1), bound (1), heading (1), hold...fast (1), hold fast (5), hold firmly (1), keep
(2), occupy (1), possess (1), possessing (1), restrains (2), suppress (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3238. yanah -- to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress
... yanah. 3239 . to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress. Transliteration: yanah Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-naw') Short Definition: oppress. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Library

Not Even when at Church Does He Suppress his Desires. In the ...
... Book III. Chapter III."Not Even When at Church Does He Suppress His Desires.
In the School of Rhetoric He Abhors the Acts of the Subverters. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter iii not even when at.htm

Let us Now Consider the Category of Relation, to which all the ...
... If you suppress the term slave, [21] you simultaneously suppress the term
master. On the other hand, though you suppress the term ...
/.../boethius/the trinity is one god not three gods/v let us now consider.htm

Article Eight Whether a Man Can Avoid Sin, Without Grace
... Reason can indeed suppress the urges of the lower appetite severally, wherefore
they are sinful and voluntary. But it cannot suppress all of them. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/article eight whether a man.htm

Now Suppose that While You were Writing This, as You Tell us You ...
... us you did, quickly not cautiously, by the poor glimmering light of a lantern, some
Prophet had stood by you and had cried out: "O writer, suppress those words ...
/.../21 now suppose that while.htm

I am Told, to Take Another Point, that one of his Followers ...
... We are not like some, who, despising all humility, are eager to buy the episcopate
with gold; nor do we wish, with the minds of rebels, to suppress the Pontiff ...
/.../32 i am told to.htm

Of the Abolition and the Abolisher of the Old Law.
... of the new testament, and a priest of the new sacrifices, and a purger of the new
circumcision, and an observer of the eternal sabbath, to suppress the old law ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter vi of the abolition and.htm

Before the Sanhedrin
... Hitherto all the efforts made to suppress this new teaching had been in vain; but
now both Sadducees and Pharisees determined that the work of the disciples ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 8 before the sanhedrin.htm

The Peace-Bringer in the Natural World
... that of fear. That strange blending of opposites is often repeated by us.
The office of faith is to suppress fear. But the origin ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the peace-bringer in the natural.htm

Epistle xxv. To John, Bishop of Constantinople, and the Other ...
... But, when in one way or another I suppress this fear, and with mind consoled give
myself to the care of my pontifical office, I am deterred by consideration of ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxv to john bishop.htm

Whether Humility is a Part of Modesty or Temperance?
... Hence whatever virtues restrain or suppress, and the actions which moderate the
impetuosity of the emotions, are reckoned parts of temperance. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether humility is a part.htm

Thesaurus

Suppress (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication
of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the ...
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Supposing (16 Occurrences)

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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... QUENCH. kwench, kwensh: Where the word is used of fire or of thirst it has the usual
meaning: "to allay," "to extinguish," "to suppress," "to cool." In the Old ...
/q/quench.htm - 12k

Nero
... of history accuses him of the crime. "Hence, to suppress the rumour," says
Tacitus (Annals, xv. 44), "he falsely charged with the ...
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Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, (WEB ...
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Ungodliness (9 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, (WEB ...
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Oppress (57 Occurrences)
... unjust rigor or with cruelty. 2. (vt) To ravish; to violate. 3. (vt) To
put down; to crush out; to suppress. 4. (vt) To produce a ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... (vt) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint. 16. (vt) To cause to be
still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit. 17. ...
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Gallio (3 Occurrences)
... the incident is referred to by the writer of Acts to show that the sympathies of
the populace lay with Paul, and that Gallio made no attempt to suppress them. ...
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Impiety (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Romans 1:18 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety
and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. ...
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Bible Concordance

Suppress (1 Occurrence)

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Suppress

Related Terms

Supposing (16 Occurrences)

Quench (14 Occurrences)

Nero

Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)

Ungodliness (9 Occurrences)

Oppress (57 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Gallio (3 Occurrences)

Impiety (9 Occurrences)