Webster's Dictionary 1913

12448

Susceptor

Sus‐cep″tor (?), n. [L. See Susceptible.] One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. Puller. Shipley.

12449

Suscipiency

Sus‐cip″i‐en‐cy (?), n. Admission.

12450

Suscipient

Sus‐cip″i‐ent (?), a. [L. suscipiens, p. pr. of suscipere. See Susceptible.] Receiving; admitting.

12451

Suscipient (2)

Sus‐cip″i‐ent, n. One who takes or admits; one who receives. Jer. Taylor.

12452

Suscitability

Sus′ci‐ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capability of being suscitated; excitability. B. Jonson.

12453

Suscitate

Sus″ci‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suscitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suscitating.] [L. suscitatus, p. p. of suscitare to lift up, to rouse; pref. sus- (see Sub-) + citare to rouse...

12454

Suscitation

Sus′ci‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. suscitatio: cf. F. suscitation.] The act of raising or exciting.A mere suscitation or production of a thing. South.

12455

Suslik

Sus″lik (?), n. [Russ. súslik'.] (Zoöl.) A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]

12456

Suspect

Sus‐pect″ (?), a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspecte...

12457

Suspect (2)

Sus‐pect″, n. [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.] 1. Suspicion. Chaucer.So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. Fairfax.2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object o...

12458

Suspect (3)

Sus‐pect″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n.Suspecting.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon...

12459

Suspect (4)

Sus‐pect″, v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. Shak.

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Suspectable

Sus‐pect″a‐ble (?), a. That may be suspected.

12461

Suspected

Sus‐pect″ed, a. Distrusted; doubted. — Sus‐pect″ed‐ly, adv. — Sus‐pect″ed‐ness, n.

12462

Suspecter

Sus‐pect″er (?), n. One who suspects.

12463

Suspectful

Sus‐pect″ful (?), a. Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. Milton. — Sus‐pect″ful‐ness, n.

12464

Suspection

Sus‐pec″tion (?), n. Suspicion.

12465

Suspectiousness

Sus‐pec″tious‐ness (?), n. Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. Ld. Berners.

12466

Suspectless

Sus‐pect″less (?), a. 1. Not suspecting; having no suspicion. Sir T. Herbert.2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. Beau. & Fl.

12467

Suspend

Sus‐pend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suspended; p. pr. & vb. n.Suspending.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, s...

12468

Suspend (2)

Sus‐pend″ (?), v. i. 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).

12469

Suspender

Sus‐pend″er (?), n. One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

12470

Suspensation

Sus′pen‐sa″tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. suspensatio suspension from a charge or benefice.] The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporar...

12471

Suspense

Sus‐pense″ (?), a. [F. suspens, L. suspensus, p. p. of suspendere. See Suspend.] 1. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.suspense in heaven. Milton.2. Expressing...

12472

Suspense (2)

Sus‐pense″, n. [From F. suspens, a. See Suspense, a.] 1. The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indete...

12473

Suspensely

Sus‐pense″ly, adv. In suspense. Hales.

12474

Suspensibility

Sus‐pen′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being suspensible.