suspend
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1. suspend - Noun
2. suspend - Verb
Meaning
To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
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.
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.
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
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).
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Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.
So that there is no misunderstanding from my perspective, I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid. There will be no exceptions. The (players) union is aware of that and they accept it.
It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.
My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that.
When independent-thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the "Nation,” it's time for all of us to sit up and worry.