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sus⋅pend
[suh-spend] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling. |
| 2. | to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge. |
| 3. | to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid. |
| 4. | to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment. |
| 5. | to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person. |
| 6. | to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment. |
| 7. | to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like: to suspend ferry service. |
| 8. | to debar, usually for a limited time, from the exercise of an office or function or the enjoyment of a privilege: The student was suspended from school. |
| 9. | to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair. |
| 10. | Music. to prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time. |
| 12. | to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations. |
| 13. | to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling. |
| 14. | to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc. |
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| sus·pend (sə-spěnd') v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v. tr.
[Middle English suspenden, from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere : sub-, from below; see sub- + pendere, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Suspend
Sus*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspended; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspending.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus- (see Sub-) + pendere to hang. See Pedant, and cf. Suspense, n.]1. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone. 2. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. [Archaic] --Tillotson. 3. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay. Suspend your indignation against my brother. --Shak. The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near At once suspends their courage and their fear. --Denham. 4. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. --Locke. 5. 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. Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. --Bp. Sanderson. 6. 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. 7. (Chem.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. To suspend payment (Com.), to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc. Syn: To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay; hinder; debar.Suspend
Sus*pend"\, 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).
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Language Translation for : suspend
Spanish:
suspender, colgar, pender,
German:
aufhängen,
Japanese:
つるす
suspend
c.1290, "to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege, to cause to cease for a time," from O.Fr. suspendre, from L. suspendere "to hang, stop," from sub "up from under" + pendere "cause to hang, weigh" (see pendant). The lit. sense of "to cause to hang by a support from above" is recorded from c.1440. Suspenders is attested from 1810, Amer.Eng. Suspended animation first recorded 1795.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sus·pend
Function: transitive verb
1 : to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function
2 a : to stop temporarily <suspend trading> b : to make temporarily ineffective <suspend a license> c : STAY <suspend a hearing> d : to defer until a later time —see also suspended sentence at SENTENCE
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