SUSPEND
\səspˈɛnd], \səspˈɛnd], \s_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of SUSPEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
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make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
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as of a prison sentence
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hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
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cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
By Princeton University
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bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
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make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
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cause to be held in suspension in a fluid, of particles, in chemistry
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as of a prison sentence
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hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
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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.
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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.
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To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
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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).
By Oddity Software
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To fasten so as to hang down; to hang, or to hold as if by hanging; to delay; hold undecided; as, to suspend judgment; interrupt; to cause to cease for a time; as, to suspend a rule; debar, or keep out for a time; as, to suspend a pupil from school.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To hang one thing beneath another: to make to depend on: to make to stop for a time: to delay: to debar.
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SUSPENDER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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