SURVIVORSHIP
SURVI'VORSHIP, noun The state of outliving another.1. In law, the right of a joint tenant or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon th...
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SUSCEPTIBIILITY
SUSCEPTIBIIL'ITY, noun [from susceptible.] The quality of admitting or receiving either something additional, or some change, affection or passion; as the susceptibility of colo...
SUSCEPTIBLE
SUSCEP'TIBLE, adjective [Latin suscipio, to take; sub and capio.]1. Capable of admitting any thing additional, or any change, affection or influence; as a body susceptible of co...
SUSCEPTIBLENESS
SUSCEP'TIBLENESS, noun Susceptibility, which see.
SUSCEPTION
SUSCEP'TION, noun The act of taking. [But little used.]
SUSCEPTIVE
SUSCEP'TIVE, adjective Capable of admitting; readily admitting. Our natures are susceptive of errors.
SUSCEPTIVITY
SUSCEPTIV'ITY, noun Capacity of admitting. [Little used.]
SUSCEPTOR
SUSCEP'TOR, noun [Latin] One who undertakes; a godfather.
SUSCIPIENCY
SUSCIP'IENCY, noun Reception; admission.
SUSCIPIENT
SUSCIP'IENT, adjective Receiving; admitting.SUSCIP'IENT, noun One who takes or admits; one that receives.
SUSCITATE
SUS'CITATE, verb transitive [Latin suscito; sub and cito.] To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
SUSCITATION
SUSCITA'TION, noun The act of raising or exciting.
SUSLIK
SUS'LIK, noun A spotted animal of the rat kind. A quadruped of the genus Arctomys, of a yellowish brown color, with small white spots; the earless marmot.
SUSPECT
SUSPECT', verb transitive [Latin suspectus, suspicio; sub and specio, to see or view.]1. To mistrust; to imagine or have a slight opinion that something exists, but without proo...
SUSPECTABLE
SUSPECT'ABLE, adjective That may be suspected. [Little used.]
SUSPECTED
SUSPECT'ED, participle passive Imagined without proof; mistrusted.
SUSPECTEDLY
SUSPECT'EDLY, adverb So as to excite suspicion; so as to be suspected.
SUSPECTEDNESS
SUSPECT'EDNESS, noun State of being suspected or doubted.
SUSPECTER
SUSPECT'ER, noun One who suspects.
SUSPECTFUL
SUSPECT'FUL, adjective Apt to suspect or mistrust.
SUSPECTING
SUSPECT'ING, participle present tense Imagining without evidence; mistrusting upon slight grounds.
SUSPECTLESS
SUSPECT'LESS, adjective Not suspecting; having no suspicion.1. Not suspected; not mistrusted.
SUSPEND
SUSPEND', verb transitive [Latin suspendo; sub and pendo, to hang.]1. To hang; to attach to something above; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend the body by a cord or ...
SUSPENDED
SUSPEND'ED, participle passive Hung up; made to depend on; caused to cease for a time; delayed; held undermined; prevented from executing an office or enjoying a right.
SUSPENDER
SUSPEND'ER, noun One that suspends.1. Suspenders, plural straps worn for holding up pantaloons, etc.; braces.
SUSPENDING
SUSPEND'ING, participle present tense Hanging up; making to depend on; intermitting; causing to cease for a time; holding undermined; debarring from action or right.
SUSPENSE
SUSPENSE, noun suspens'. [Latin suspensus.] A state of uncertainty; indetermination; indecision. A man's mind is in suspense when it is balancing the weight of different argumen...