Webster's Dictionary 1913

12475

Suspensible

Sus‐pen″si‐ble (?), a. Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.

12476

Suspension

Sus‐pen″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as...

12477

Suspensive

Sus‐pen″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. suspensif. See Suspend.] Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. “In suspensive thoughts.” B...

12478

Suspensor

Sus‐pen″sor (?), n. 1. A suspensory.2. (Bot.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

12479

Suspensorium

‖Sus′pen‐so″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.Suspensoria (#). (Anat.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages r...

12480

Suspensory

Sus‐pen″so‐ry (?), a. 1. Suspended; hanging; depending.2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.3. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.

12481

Suspensory (2)

Sus‐pen″so‐ry, n. [Cf. F. suspensoir, suspensoire.] That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically (Med.), a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

12482

Suspicable

Sus″pi‐ca‐ble (?), a. [L. suspacabilis, fr. suspicari to suspect, akin to suspicere. See Suspect, v. t.] Liable to suspicion; suspicious.It is a very suspicable business. Dr. H....

12483

Suspiciency

Sus‐pi″cien‐cy (?), n. [From L. suspiciens, p. pr. of suspicere. See Suspect, v. t.] Suspiciousness; suspicion. Hopkins.

12484

Suspicion

Sus‐pi″cion (?), n. [OE. suspecioun, OF. souspeçon, F. soupçon, L. suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. T...

12485

Suspicion (2)

Sus‐pi″cion, v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. South.

12486

Suspicious

Sus‐pi″cious (?), a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See Suspicion.] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.Nature itself, after ...

12487

Suspiral

Sus‐pir″al (?), n. [From Suspire.] 1. A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.

12488

Suspiration

Sus′pi‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. suspiratio. See Suspire.] The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.Windy suspiration of forced breath. Shak.

12489

Suspire

Sus‐pire″ (?), v. i. [L. suspirare to breathe out, to sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. souspirer, OF. souspirer.] To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. ...

12490

Suspire (2)

Sus‐pire″, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.] A long, deep breath; a sigh.

12491

Suspired

Sus‐pired″ (?), a. Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. Sir H. Wotton.

12492

Sustain

Sus‐tain″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sustained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sustaining.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. ...

12493

Sustain (2)

Sus‐tain″ (?), n. One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. Milton.

12494

Sustainable

Sus‐tain″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. soutenable, OF. soustenable.] Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

12495

Sustained

Sus‐tained″ (?), a. Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

12496

Sustainer

Sus‐tain″er (?), n. One who, or that which, sustains. Waterland.

12497

Sustainment

Sus‐tain″ment (?), n. The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell.

12498

Sustaltic

Sus‐tal″tic (?), a. Mournful; — said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks. Busby.

12499

Sustenance

Sus″te‐nance (?), n. [OF. sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See Sustain.] 1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the s...

12500

Sustentacle

Sus‐ten″ta‐cle (?), n. [L. sustentaculum. See Sustentation.] Sustenance. Dr. H. More.

12501

Sustentacular

Sus′ten‐tac″u‐lar (?), a. [See Sustenance.] (Anat.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.