Suspend
1suspend — sus·pend vt 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: sta …
2Suspend — 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},… …
3suspend — sus‧pend [səˈspend] verb [transitive] 1. to officially stop something from continuing or happening for a short time: • The company has suspended production at its Arkansas plant. • The troubled computer concern had to suspend dividend payments on …
4suspend — [sə spend′] vt. [ME suspenden < OFr suspendre < L suspendere, to hang up < sus , for sub ,SUB + pendere, to hang: see PEND] 1. to bar or exclude as a penalty from an office, school, position, etc., usually for a specified time; debar 2.… …
5suspend — [v1] hang from above append, attach, be pendent, dangle, depend, hang down, hang up, hook up, sling, swing, wave; concepts 181,190 Ant. rise suspend [v2] delay, hold off adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short,… …
6Suspend — 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). [1913 Webster] …
7suspend — late 13c., 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 (Cf. pendant)). The …
8suspend — 1 disbar, shut out, *exclude, eliminate, debar, blackball, rule out Analogous words: *eject, dismiss, oust: *banish, exile, ostracize 2 stay, intermit, postpone, *defer Analogous words: * …
9suspend — ► VERB 1) halt temporarily. 2) temporarily remove (someone) from a post as a punishment or during investigation. 3) defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement). 4) (suspended) Law (of a sentence) not enforced as long as no further offence is… …
10suspend — suspendible, adj. suspendibility, n. /seuh spend /, v.t. 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,… …
