Definitions of Colonies: 1. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country. 2. A territory thus settled.
Definition of 'suppress'. suppress (sÉpres ) If someone in authority suppresses an activity, they prevent it from continuing, by using force or making it illegal. ...drug traffickers, who continue to flourish despite international attempts to suppress them.
To hold back; restrain. To suppress or restrain a behavioral process, an impulse, or a desire consciously or unconsciously. To prevent or decrease the rate of a chemical reaction. To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ. inÂ·hib'iÂ·to'ry (-tÃ´r'Ä) adj.