SUSPEND

suspend

(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; “suspend the particles”

freeze, suspend

(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; “Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”

suspend, set aside

(verb) make inoperative or stop; “suspend payments on the loan”

suspend

(verb) hang freely; “The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them”

suspend, debar

(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

suspend

(verb) render temporarily ineffective; “the prison sentence was suspended”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)

To halt something temporarily.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

To hang freely; underhang.

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

(obsolete) To make to depend.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

(travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Antonyms

• (to halt something temporarily; to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event): resume

Anagrams

• send-ups, sends up, sendups, upsends

Source: Wiktionary

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Sus*pend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspended; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspending.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Sus*pend", v. i.

Definition: 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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