Definition of suspend

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Suspend (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..

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Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword..
Impend :: Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
Intermit :: Intermit (v. t.) To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend..
Belted :: Belted (a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt..
Hangbird :: Hangbird (n.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..
Milk :: Milk (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts..
Optigraph :: Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet..
Suspensor :: Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..
Append :: Append (v. t.) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column..
Astatic :: Astatic (a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction..
Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..
Suspend :: Suspend (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..
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