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Main Entry: stifle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sti�fled; sti�fling /-f(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: alteration of Middle English stuflen
Date: 1513
transitive senses
1 a : to kill by depriving of oxygen : SUFFOCATE b (1) : SMOTHER (2) : MUFFLE
2 a : to cut off (as the voice or breath) b : to withhold from circulation or expression : REPRESS <stifled our anger> c : DETER, DISCOURAGE
intransitive senses : to become suffocated by or as if by lack of oxygen : SMOTHER
- sti�fler /-f(&-)l&r/ noun
- sti�fling�ly /-f(&-)li[ng]-lE/ adverb
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Main Entry: stifle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sti�fled; sti�fling /-f(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: alteration of Middle English stuflen
Date: 1513
transitive senses
1 a : to kill by depriving of oxygen : SUFFOCATE b (1) : SMOTHER (2) : MUFFLE
2 a : to cut off (as the voice or breath) b : to withhold from circulation or expression : REPRESS <stifled our anger> c : DETER, DISCOURAGE
intransitive senses : to become suffocated by or as if by lack of oxygen : SMOTHER
- sti�fler /-f(&-)l&r/ noun
- sti�fling�ly /-f(&-)li[ng]-lE/ adverb
Main Entry: stifle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sti�fled; sti�fling /-f(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: alteration of Middle English stuflen
Date: 1513
transitive senses
1 a : to kill by depriving of oxygen : SUFFOCATE b (1) : SMOTHER (2) : MUFFLE
2 a : to cut off (as the voice or breath) b : to withhold from circulation or expression : REPRESS <stifled our anger> c : DETER, DISCOURAGE
intransitive senses : to become suffocated by or as if by lack of oxygen : SMOTHER
- sti�fler /-f(&-)l&r/ noun
- sti�fling�ly /-f(&-)li[ng]-lE/ adverb
