Suf"fo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Suffocated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Suffocating.] 1. To choke or
kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Let not hemp his windpipe
suffocate.
Shak.
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to
suffocate fire.
Suf"fo*cate, v. i. To become
choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to
suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.
Suf"fo*cate (?), a. [L.
suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub
under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]
Suffocated; choked. Shak.