| suspect | 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. "Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by producing to know more." (Bacon) "From her hand I could suspect no ill." (Milton) 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. 4. To look up to; to respect. Synonym: To mistrust, distrust, surmise, doubt. Origin: Suspected; Suspecting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| suspend | 1. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone. 2. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. 3. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay. "Suspend your indignation against my brother." (Shak) "The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near at once suspends their courage and their fear." (Denham) 4. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. 5. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club. "Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent." (Bp. Sanderson) 6. To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body. 7. <chemistry> To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. To suspend payment, to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; said of a merchant, a bank, etc. Synonym: To hang, interrupt, delay, intermit, stay, hinder, debar. Origin: F. Suspendre, or OF. Souspendre (where the prefix is L. Subtus below, from sub under), L. Suspendere, suspensum; pref. Sus- (see Sub-) + pendere to hang. See Pedant, and cf. Suspense. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspended animation | A temporary state resembling death, with cessation of respiration; may also refer to certain forms of hibernation in animals or to endospore formation by some bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspended solids | Waste particles suspended in water. Suspended solids can harbor harmful microorganisms and toxic chemicals. Suspended solids cloud the water and make disinfection more difficult and costly. (05 Dec 1998) |
| suspension | 1. A condition of temporary cessation, as of animation, of pain or of any vital process. 2. <pharmacology> A preparation of a finely divided drug intended to be incorporated (suspended) in some suitable liquid vehicle before it is used or already incorporated in such a vehicle. Origin: L. Suspensio (18 Nov 1997) |
| suspension colloid | A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspension stability | A very slow sedimentation rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensions | Colloids with liquid continuous phase and solid dispersed phase; the term is used loosely also for solid-in-gas (aerosol) and other colloidal systems; water-insoluble drugs may be given as suspensions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suspensive | Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." . "A suspensive veto." . "The provisional and suspensive attitude." (J. Morley) Suspensive condition, a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed. Origin: Cf. F. Suspensif. See Suspend. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensoid | A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensor | 1. A suspensory. 2. <botany> The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensor cell | <plant biology> Plant cell linking the growing embryo to the wall of the embryo sac in developing seeds. (18 Nov 1997) |
| suspensorium | Origin: NL. <anatomy> Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensory | 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. 3. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. <medicine> That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically . A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum. Origin: Cf. F. Suspensoir, suspensoire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensory bandage | A bag of expansile fabric for supporting the scrotum and its contents. (05 Mar 2000) |