Suspend

[sə'spend] or [sə'spɛnd]

Definition

(verb.) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; 'suspend the particles'.

(verb.) make inoperative or stop; 'suspend payments on the loan'.

(verb.) hang freely; 'The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them'.

(verb.) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc..

(verb.) render temporarily ineffective; 'the prison sentence was suspended'.

Typed by Aldo--From WordNet

Definition

(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 cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

(n.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's 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.

(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 support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

(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).

Typed by Elroy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Hang, SLING UP.[2]. Make to depend.[3]. Interrupt, intermit, stay, stop, discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, break off.[4]. Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off.[5]. Debar (as from an office) temporarily.

v. n. Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy.

Checked by Barry

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Attach, hang, rest, interrupt, delay, intermit, stop, discontinue

ANT:Detach, drop, remove, continue, expedite, protract, prolong

Typist: Murray

Definition

v.t. to hang one thing beneath another: to make to depend on: to make to stop for a time: to delay: to debar from any privilege office emolument &c. for a time.—ns. Suspen′ded-animā′tion the temporary cessation of the outward signs and of some of the functions of life—due to asphyxia drowning strangulation; Suspen′der one who or that which suspends one of a pair of straps crossing the shoulders to support the trousers; Suspense′ state of being suspended: act of withholding the judgment: uncertainty: indecision: stop betwixt two opposites; Suspensibil′ity susceptibility of being suspended.—adj. Suspen′sible capable of being suspended.—ns. Suspen′sion act of suspending: interruption: delay: temporary privation of office or privilege: a conditional withholding; Suspen′sion-bridge a bridge in which the roadway is supported by chains which pass over elevated piers and are secured below at each end.—adj. Suspen′sive.—adv. Suspen′sively.—n. Suspen′sor a suspensory bandage.—adj. Suspensō′rial.—n. Suspensō′rium that which holds up a part esp. the arrangement joining the lower jaw to the cranium in vertebrates below mammals.—adj. Suspen′sory that suspends: doubtful.—n. that which suspends: a bandage: having the effect of delaying or staying.—Suspend payment to publicly stop paying debts from insolvency.

Typed by Dewey

Examples

Typist: Thaddeus

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