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Suspending
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Suspend
Suspend
n.
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To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
Suspend
n.
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To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
Suspend
n.
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To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
Suspend
n.
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To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
Suspend
n.
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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.
Suspend
n.
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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.
Suspend
n.
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To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
Suspend
v. i.
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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).
Suspender
n.
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One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Suspensation
n.
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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
Suspense
a.
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Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
Suspense
a.
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Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
Suspense
a.
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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.
Suspense
a.
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Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Suspense
a.
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A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
Suspensely
adv.
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In suspense.
Suspensibility
n.
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The quality or state of being suspensible.
Suspensible
a.
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Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
Suspension
n.
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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
Suspension
n.
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Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
Suspension
n.
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Of labor, study, pain, etc.
Suspension
n.
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Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
Suspension
n.
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Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
Suspension
n.
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Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
Suspension
n.
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Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
Suspension
n.
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Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
Suspension
n.
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A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
Suspension
n.
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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.
Suspension
n.
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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.