-- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n.
Sup*pos"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. suppositif.] Including or implying
supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. -- Sup*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Hammond.
Sup*pos"i*tive, n. A word denoting or implying supposition, as the
words if, granting, provided, etc. Harris.
Sup*pos"i*tor (?), n. (Med.) An apparatus for the introduction of
suppositories into the rectum.
Sup*pos"i*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Suppositories (#). [LL. suppositorium, fr.
L. suppositorius that is placed underneath: cf. F. suppositoire. See
Supposition.] (Med.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum;
esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
Sup*po"sure (?), n. Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. [Obs.]
Hudibras.
Sup*press" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub
under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.] 1. To
overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject
weaker, and the prince stronger.
Sir J. Davies.
2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the
voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.
3. 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.
She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense.
Broome.
4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a
diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
Syn. -- To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.
Sup*press"i*ble (?), a. That may be suppressed.
Sup*pres"sion (?), n. [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.] 1. The act
of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the
suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of
truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as,
suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which
signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without
expulsion. Quain.