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Definition of Suppressed

1. Adjective. Kept from public knowledge by various means.

2. Adjective. Manifesting or subjected to suppression. "A suppressed press"

3. Adjective. Held in check with difficulty. "Suppressed laughter"

Definition of Suppressed

1. Verb. (past of suppress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suppressed

1. suppress [v] - See also: suppress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppressed

suppositiously suppositiousness supposititious suppositor suppositories suppositors suppositum supposively supposta supposure

supposures suppress suppressant suppressants suppressed (current term) suppresser suppresser gene suppresses suppresseth suppressibility

suppressible suppressing suppressio veri suppression suppressions suppressive suppressive fire suppressiveness suppressor

Literary usage of Suppressed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"St. James in the Field was an hospital for leprous virgins of the city of London, founded by citizens for that purpose, and suppressed by King Henry VIII. ..."

2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"St. James in the Field was an hospital for leprous virgins of the city of London, founded by citizens for that purpose, and suppressed by King Henry VIII. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"CONCERNING THE suppressed BOOK. BY EL YOUMANS. IT will be no news to the readers of this monthly that the volume entitled "The Nature and Reality of ..."

4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1859)
"EXPRESSION OP suppressed OPINION. A PEOPLE denied the freedom of speech or of writing have usually left some memorials of their feelings in that silent ..."

5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1858)
"EXPRESSION OF suppressed OPINION. A PEOPLE denied the freedom of speech or of writing have usually left some memorials of their feelings in that silent ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"493), after depositions had been suppressed because they were leading, which was the error of counsel, leave was given to file new interrogatories ; and a ..."

7. "The Kingdom of God is Within You": Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion by Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black Garnett (1894)
"... of the use of force is not only possible, but is even taking place before our eyes — But it will never be suppressed by the violence of government, ..."

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