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Suppres(s, v. Also: suppres(s)e, surpres, surpresse. P.t. also supprest. P.p. also supprest(e, suprest, subpressit. [e.m.E. suppressyd p.p. (1538), suppresse (1548), surpresse (1566), L. suppress-, p.p. stem of supprimere Suppreme v.] tr.
1. a. To stamp out, put an end to (a particular vice, virtue, belief, practice, quality, etc.). Also to suppress doune.pres. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 43.
Beseikand thame all lawis to suppresse Inuentit be mennis traditioun, Contrar to Christis institutioun 1559–60 Misc. Maitl. C. III 217.
The wicked Paip … that suppresis Goddis law and stoppis his word a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 120/17.
That vas said onlye to supprese the fleschlye jugement of his disciples quhilkis vas vaik in the faith 1562-3 Winȝet II 8/30.
That the princes be thare auctoritie … suppres al impietie and wickitnes 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 175.
Ane proclamatioun … in the kingis moderis name and auctoritie, tending … to suppres and doun thring the king hir sones auctoritie lauchfullie established a1585 Polwart Flyt. 524 (H).
Conjure this braislie beggar impotent: Suppres all power of this evill spereit(b) 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 475.
Which made him write earnestlie to the lords of the councell to surpresse these insolenciesp.t. 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 74/6.
Thaj … ardentlie suppressit the coniurations of all thame quha conspirit aganis thair natiue princisp.p. c1545 St. A. Univ. Rec. xxi.
The incressinge of hereces and strangis opinionis … quhilkis will nocht be suppressit & putt avay wythout vniuersities a1568 Scott i 12.
Rycht and ressone … Quhilk sa lang seasoun hes bene soir supprest 1570 Sat. P. xvii 31.
How wicked vice incresit Amang our selues … And how the same began to be suppressit, Be Murrayis meane 1558-66 Knox I 357.
That alsweill trew religioun … may be maynteaned, and idolatrie utterlie suppressed 1558-66 Knox II 488.
Desiring the masse to be suppressed and abolished 1638 Nat. Covenant in Facs. Nat. MSS III xcvii.
That papistrie and superstition may be utherlie suppressed c1650 Spalding II 227.
Yit thay culd not get singing of psalmes and reiding at lykwalkis altogidder supprest — c1590 J. Stewart 21/232.
Quhat auails formosetie or hap Quhan that hir honor is suppressit doune(b) 1622-6 Bisset I 26/22.
Iustice gif it be subpressit procuris alteratioun of unrichtious iudges
b. To forcibly put down, defeat, vanquish; to oppress or overwhelm with force.(a) a1570-86 Wynt. in Maitl. F. 126/36.
For all landis lyand ȝow by Ȝe suppres with ȝour senȝory c1420 Wynt. ii 29 (C).
Cam … kynge of Baktranys … Fyrst he suppressit [W. supprisit] withe his mycht, And slew hym syne withe fors in fycht c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3800.
The moist and manyfest misarie Became apon the gret cetie Jerusalem, quhen it wes supprest 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5655.
Ypocras ay him drest, How he micht get Galiene deid and supprest 1596 Dalr. I 284/22.
This king thinkeng him selfe nocht able to resist the force of the ennimie, his peple sa sair suppreste in the last battell had beine a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 304.
The king … maid great instance … that they sould assist him … to suppres his ennemie(b) 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 475.
They write to the marquis, willing and desiring him to surpresse his surname 1666 Laing MSS 354.
To Riven in Badeioch to surpres thois thives and murderers that disturbs the peis of the cuntray
c. To reduce (a person, community or corporate body) to impotence; to hinder, obstruct, prevent from functioning. 1456 Hay I 33/3.
The first renoun come to haly kirk quhen it was in grete povertee and mekle supprest 1456 Hay I 156/28.
The citee sulde be wele punyst that revengis nocht hir burgeis suppresit or opprest wrangwisly ?1468 Ayr B. Ct. 28 March.
Geve ony be that wald supprese the alderman bailleis or ony officiaris be nychtbouris of the toun a1500 Colk. Sow ii 203.
Quho so will cowardly hyd his face In defens of his iust actioun … Most in surty suppressit sone salhe be 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1167.
Gude Lord I mak the supplicatioun With thy vnfreinds let me nocht be supprest c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3244.
This lady … wald nocht rest, Tyll scho hir husband had subprest 1560 Bk. Disc. 188.
Abbayis, monkeries, freireis, nunreis, chapellis … to be utterlie suppressed 1608 Bk. Islay 124.
To suppres and trede under all and quhatsumevir rebellious lymmaris a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 80.
All deids done … or to be done, quherby any member of any cathedrall kirk (being ane office of dignity) hath been or shal be suprest … to be null via exceptionis a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 39.
The regalities quhilk perteined to the Earle of Gowrie ar suppressed and united to the royaltie 1672 Acts VIII 87/2.
That the office of deputes in the Justice-court be suppressed 1689 Acts XII 51/2.
The leidges being in readyness to suppress and oppose the Lord Dundee or other disturbers of the publict peace 1691 Sc. N. & Q. XII 90.
John Sandillands, provest, who might have suprest the rable was instrumentall in occasioning it
d. To prohibit or prevent the circulation of.This may simply be a further instance of a above. 1638 Lennoxlove MS (The Duke of Hamilton) C1/556.
Except by force this covenant will never be suppressed
2. To keep secret, refrain from disclosing. 1562-3 Winȝet I 25/25.
I neuer sett furth ony wrytting contrare the Protestantis, suppressing my name c1590 Fowler II 13/14.
We haue in his calumnious letter sum things, as being maist false, suppressit
3. To prevent the occurrence of (an event). c1590 J. Stewart 24/323.
Lord Roland dochtelie supprest All accident that mycht hir fame iniuir
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