suspend
vb
1 tr to hang from above so as to permit free movement
2 tr; passive to cause to remain floating or hanging
a cloud of smoke was suspended over the town
3 tr to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp. temporarily
to suspend interest payments
4 tr to hold in abeyance; postpone action on
to suspend a decision
5 tr to debar temporarily from privilege, office, etc., as a punishment
6 tr (Chem) to cause (particles) to be held in suspension in a fluid
7 tr (Music) to continue (a note) until the next chord is sounded, with which it usually forms a dissonance
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8 intr to cease payment, as from incapacity to meet financial obligations
9 tr
Obsolete to put or keep in a state of anxiety or wonder
10 intr
Obsolete to be attached from above
(C13: from Latin suspendere from sub- + pendere to hang)
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suspendible, suspensible adj
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suspendibility n