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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French supprimer, from Latin supprimere, supprimō (“to press down, suppress”), from sub- (“under, down”) + premō (“to press”).
Verb
supprime (third-person singular simple present supprimes, present participle suppriming, simple past and past participle supprimed)
- (rare) To suppress (in various senses).
1914, Speltz, Alexander, The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles: With Coloured Plates From Own Paintings in Water Colours, Leipzig: K. F. Koehlers Antiquarium, Second Part: Middle Ages, page 20:This triumph of orthodoxy, however, was not able to stop the impuls of the new renaissance, and the taste for a literary and profane art, that had been always supprimed by orthodoxy in Byzantium, prevailed.
References
French
Pronunciation
Verb
supprime
- inflection of supprimer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Verb
supprime
- second-person singular present active imperative of supprimō
Portuguese
Verb
supprime
- inflection of supprimir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative