obs. variant of SUPPRESS v.
1536. in Archbold, Somerset Relig. Houses (1892), 56. To help me to the gifte of the priorie of ffynshed … yn case it be subpressed.
1542. Boorde, Dyetary, ix. (1870), 250. That the lyuer, whiche is the fyre vnder the potte, is subpressed.
1637. Prynne, Docum. (1877), 89. The clarke of the peace’s deposition … which the judges had subprest as scandalous.
