Suscipient Sus·cip"i·ent noun One who takes or admits; one who receives. [ R.]
Jer. Taylor.
Suscitability Sus`ci·ta·bil"i·ty noun Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Suscitate Sus"ci·tate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suscitated ;
present participle & verbal noun Suscitating .] [ Latin
suscitatus , past participle of
suscitare to lift up, to rouse; prefix
sus- (see
Sub- ) +
citare to rouse, excite. Confer
Excite ,
Incite .]
To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. [ Obsolete]
Suscitation Sus`ci·ta"tion noun [ Latin
suscitatio : confer French
suscitation .]
The act of raising or exciting. [ R.]
A mere suscitation or production of a thing.
South.
Suslik Sus"lik noun [ Russian
súslik' .]
(Zoology) A ground squirrel ( Spermophilus citillus ) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [ Written also
souslik .]
Suspect Sus·pect" adjective [ Latin
suspectus , past participle of
suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust;
sub under +
specere to look: confer French
suspect suspected, suspicious. See
Spy , and confer
Suspicion .]
1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [ Obsolete]
Suspect [ was] his face, suspect his word also.
Chaucer. 2. Suspected; distrusted. [ Obsolete]
What I can do or offer is suspect .
Milton.
Suspect Sus·pect" noun [ Late Latin
suspectus . See
Suspect ,
adjective ]
1. Suspicion. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. So with suspect , with fear and grief, dismayed.
Fairfax. 2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. Bacon.
Suspect Sus·pect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suspected ;
present participle & verbal noun Suspecting .]
1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more.
Bacon. From her hand I could suspect no ill.
Milton. 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. Addison. 4. To look up to; to respect. [ Obsolete]
Syn. -- To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.
Suspect Sus·pect" intransitive verb To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
Shak.
Suspectable Sus·pect"a·ble adjective That may be suspected.
Suspected Sus·pect"ed adjective Distrusted; doubted. --
Sus*pect"ed*ly ,
adverb --
Sus*pect"ed*ness ,
noun
Suspecter Sus·pect"er noun One who suspects.
Suspectful Sus·pect"ful adjective Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. Milton. --
Sus*pect"ful*ness ,
noun
Suspection Sus·pec"tion noun Suspicion. [ Obsolete]
Suspectiousness Sus·pec"tious·ness noun Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [ Obsolete & R.]
Ld. Berners.
Suspectless Sus·pect"less adjective 1. Not suspecting; having no suspicion. [ R.]
Sir T. Herbert. 2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. [ R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Suspend Sus·pend" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suspended ;
present participle & verbal noun Suspending .] [ French
suspendre , or Old French
souspendre (where the prefix is Latin
subtus below, from
sub under), Latin
suspendere ,
suspensum ; prefix
sus- (see
Sub- ) +
pendere to hang. See
Pedant , and confer
Suspense ,
noun ]
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. (Chemistry) 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" intransitive verb 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 Sus·pend"er noun 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 Sus`pen·sa"tion noun [ Confer Late Latin
suspensatio suspension from a charge or benefice.]
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
Suspense Sus·pense" adjective [ French
suspens , Latin
suspensus , past participle of
suspendere . See
Suspend .]
1. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [ Obsolete]
[ The great light of day] suspense in heaven.
Milton. 2. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [ Obsolete] "Expectation held his look
suspense ."
Milton.
Suspense Sus·pense" noun [ From French
suspens , adjective See
Suspense ,
adjective ]
1. 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. Ten days the prophet in suspense remained.
Denham. Upon the ticklish balance of suspense .
Cowper. 2. Cessation for a time; stop; pause. A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain.
Pope. 3. [ Confer French
suspense .]
(Law) 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. Suspense account (Bookkeeping) ,
an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.
Suspensely Sus·pense"ly adverb In suspense. [ Obsolete]
Hales.
Suspensibility Sus·pen`si·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being suspensible.
Suspensible Sus·pen"si·ble adjective Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
Suspension Sus·pen"sion noun [ Confer French
suspension , Latin
suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See
Suspend .]
1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. 2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation ; as:
(a) Of labor, study, pain, etc. (b) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced. (c) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank. (d) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment. (e) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman. (f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act. 3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. 4. 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. 5. (Rhet.) 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. 6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. 7. (Mus.) 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. Confer Retardation . Pleas in suspension (Law) ,
pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. --
Points of suspension (Mech.) ,
the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. --
Suspension bridge ,
a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. --
Suspension of arms (Mil.) ,
a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. --
Suspension scale ,
a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. Syn. -- Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
Suspensive Sus·pen"sive adjective [ Confer French
suspensif . See
Suspend .]
Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In
suspensive thoughts."
Beaumont. "A
suspensive veto."
Macaulay. The provisional and suspensive attitude.
J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law) , a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed.
Suspensor Sus·pen"sor noun [ New Latin ]
1. A suspensory. 2. (Botany) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
Suspensorium Sus`pen·so"ri·um noun ;
plural Suspensoria . [ New Latin ]
(Anat.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
Suspensory Sus·pen"so·ry adjective 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray. 3. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
Suspensory Sus·pen"so·ry noun [ Confer French
suspensoir ,
suspensoire .]
That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss ; specifically
(Medicine) ,
a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
Suspicable Sus"pi·ca·ble adjective [ Latin
suspacabilis , from
suspicari to suspect, akin to
suspicere . See
Suspect ,
transitive verb ]
Liable to suspicion; suspicious. [ Obsolete]
It is a very suspicable business.
Dr. H. more.
Suspiciency Sus·pi"cien·cy noun [ From Latin
suspiciens , present participle of
suspicere . See
Suspect ,
transitive verb ]
Suspiciousness; suspicion. [ Obsolete]
Hopkins.
Suspicion Sus·pi"cion noun [ Middle English
suspecioun , Old French
souspeçon , French
soupçon , Latin
suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, from
suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form
suspicion in English and French is in imitation of Latin
suspicio mistrust, suspicion. See
Suspect , and confer
Suspicious .]
1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence. Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight.
Bacon. 2. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [ Colloq.]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor.
A. W. Ward. Syn. -- Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.
Suspicion Sus·pi"cion transitive verb To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [ Obsolete or Low]
South.
Suspicious Sus·pi"cious adjective [ Middle English
suspecious ; confer Latin
suspiciosus . See
Suspicion .]
1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious ; and no man can love the person he suspects.
South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.
Pope. 2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. We have a suspicious , fearful, constrained countenance.
Swift. 3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. I spy a black, suspicious , threatening could.
Shak. Syn. -- Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See
Jealous . --
Sus*pi"cious*ly ,
adverb --
Sus*pi"cious*ness ,
noun
Suspiral Sus·pir"al noun [ From
Suspire .]
1. A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct. 2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Suspiration Sus`pi·ra"tion noun [ Latin
suspiratio . See
Suspire .]
The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh. Windy suspiration of forced breath.
Shak.
Suspire Sus·pire" intransitive verb [ Latin
suspirare to breathe out, to sigh;
sub under +
spirare to breathe: confer French
souspirer , Old French
souspirer .]
To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire
In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
Mrs. Browning.
Suspire Sus·pire" noun [ Confer Latin
suspirium .]
A long, deep breath; a sigh. [ Obsolete]
Suspired Sus·pired" adjective Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [ Obsolete]
Sir H. Wotton.
Sustain Sus·tain" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sustained ;
present participle & verbal noun Sustaining .] [ Middle English
sustenen ,
susteinen , Old French
sustenir ,
sostenir , French
soutenir (the French prefix is properly from Latin
subtus below, from
sub under), Latin
sustinere ; prefix
sus- (see
Sub- ) +
tenere to hold. See
Tenable , and confer
Sustenance .]
1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain .
Chaucer. 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world.
Tillotson. 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain .
Dryden. 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain ?
Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces.
Shak. 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Syn. -- To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo.
Sustain Sus·tain" noun One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [ Obsolete]
I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord.
Milton.
Sustainable Sus·tain"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
soutenable , Old French
soustenable .]
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable .
Sustained Sus·tained" adjective Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.
Sustainer Sus·tain"er noun One who, or that which, sustains. Waterland.
Sustainment Sus·tain"ment noun The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell.
Sustaltic Sus·tal"tic adjective [ Greek ... contractile, from ... to draw together, to moderate; ... together + ... to place.]
Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks. Busby.
Sustenance Sus"te·nance noun [ Old French
sustenance ,
sostenance ,
soustenance : confer Latin
sustenentia endurance. See
Sustain .]
1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. 2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance . "A man of little
sustenance ."
Chaucer. For lying is thy sustenance , thy food.
Milton.
Sustentacle Sus·ten"ta·cle noun [ Latin
sustentaculum . See
Sustentation .]
Sustenance. [ Obsolete]
Dr. H. More.
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