Suffragator
Suf″fra‐ga′tor (?), n. One who assists or favors by his vote.
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Suffrage
Suf″frage (?), n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break.] 1. A vot...
Suffrage (2)
Suf″frage, v. t. To vote for; to elect. Milton.
Suffraginous
Suf‐frag″i‐nous (?), a. [L. suffraginosus diseased in the hock, fr. suffrago the pastern, or hock.] Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.
Suffragist
Suf″fra‐gist (?), n. 1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage;...
Suffrago
‖Suf‐fra″go (?), n. [L., the hock, from sub under + frangere to break.] (Zoöl.) The heel joint.
Suffrance
Suf″france (?), n. Sufferance. Chaucer.
Suffrutescent
Suf′fru‐tes″cent (?), a. [Pref. suf- + frutescent.] (Bot.) Slightly woody at the base.
Suffruticose
Suf‐fru″ti‐cose′ (?), a. [Pref. suf- + fruticose.] (Bot.) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.
Suffruticous
Suf‐fru″ti‐cous (?), a. Suffruticose.
Suffumigate
Suf‐fu″mi‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suffumigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suffumigating.] [L. suffumigatus, p. p. of suffumigare to fumigate from below. See Sub-, and Fumigate.] T...
Suffumigation
Suf‐fu′mi‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. suffumigatio: cf. F. suffumigation.] The operation of suffumigating.
Suffumige
Suf‐fu″mige (?), n. [LL. suffumigium.] A medical fume. Harvey.
Suffuse
Suf‐fuse″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suffused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suffusing.] [L. suffusus, p. p. of suffundere to overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To ov...
Suffusion
Suf‐fu″sion (?), n. [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.] 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.To those that have the jaundice, or like su...
Sufi
Su″fi (?), n. [From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings, Safī, Safavī; said to come from name Safī-ud-dīn of an ancestor of the family, confused with s�fī pious.] A title or ...
Sufi (2)
Su″fi, n. [Ar. & Per. s�fī, wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also sofi.]
Sufism
Su″fism (?), n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives....
Sug
Sug (?), n. A kind of worm or larva. Walton.
Sugar
Sug″ar (?), n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. azúcar), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. çarkarā sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. Saccharine, Sucrose.] 1. A swe...
Sugar (2)
Sug″ar (?), v. i. In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation;...
Sugar (3)
Sug″ar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sugared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sugaring.] 1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. “When I sugar my liquor.” G. Eliot....
Sugar-house
Sug″ar–house′ (?), n. A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
Sugared
Sug″ared (?), a. Sweetened. “The sugared liquor.” Spenser. Also used figuratively; as, sugared kisses.
Sugariness
Sug″ar‐i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.
Sugaring
Sug″ar‐ing, n. 1. The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used.2. The act or process of making sugar.
Sugarless
Sug″ar‐less, a. Without sugar; free from sugar.