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Sorbonist :: Sorbonist (n.) A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789..

Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation..

Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion..

Undermirth :: Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) 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..

Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..

Antigalastic :: Antigalastic (a.) Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

Underkeep :: Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress..

Amenorrhoea :: Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..

Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission..

Elison :: Elison (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together..

Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..

Mumble :: Mumble (v. t.) To suppress, or utter imperfectly..

Suppress :: Suppress (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..

Abeyance :: Abeyance (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.

Smouldering :: Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..

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