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Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.
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2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See {Smother}, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.
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2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
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Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.
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3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering,
as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude
of things.

Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of
the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
--The Century.
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{Smother fly} (Zool.), an aphid.
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Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
{Smoor}.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.
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3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
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