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Definition & Synonyms
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• Suspensible
- (a.) Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
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• Suspensoria
- (pl. ) of Suspensorium
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• Suspensely
- (adv.) In suspense.
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• Suspensor
- (n.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
- (n.) A suspensory.
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• Suspensory
- (a.) Suspended; hanging; depending.
- (n.) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
- (n.) a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
- (a.) Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.
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• Suspense
- (a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
- (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
- (a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
- (a.) A temporary cessation of ones right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
- (a.) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
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• Suspension
- (n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
- (n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
- (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
- (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
- (n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
- (n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
- (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
- (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
- (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
- (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
- (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
- (n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc.
- (n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
Synonyms:
Abatement, Abeyance, Break, Dangling, Hanging, Hiatus, Intermission, Interruption, Pause, Reprieve, Respite,
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• Suspender
- (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Synonyms:
Brace,
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• Suspended
- (imp. & p. p.) of Suspend
Synonyms:
Abeyant, Dangling, Hanging, Inactive, Pendant, Pendent,
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• Suspend
- (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
- (n.) To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
- (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
- (n.) To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
- (n.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend ones judgment or opinion.
- (n.) To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.
- (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
Synonyms:
Debar, Freeze,
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