Antonyms for suspend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : suh-spend |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɛnd |
Definition of suspend
Origin :- late 13c., "to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege, to cause to cease for a time," from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere "to hang, stop," from sub "up from under" (see sub-) + pendere "cause to hang, weigh" (see pendant). The literal sense of "to cause to hang by a support from above" is recorded from mid-15c. Suspenders is attested from 1810, American English. Suspended animation first recorded 1795.
- verb hang from above
- verb delay, hold off
- Suspend this affair inside your tent by means of cords or tapes.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Charles is said to have heard his plea, and to have sent an order to suspend sentence.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- That is what is unknown to us, and obliges us to suspend our judgment on this question.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- The longer I suspend the blow the heavier it will fall at last.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- I understand their feelings, but beg them to suspend their judgment.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- If you do not make her do what I have said, I will degrade and suspend you.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- Dr. Munro will not suspend his judgment: the objects, he declares, are spurious.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
- Luckily he can suspend it against that wooden rest if he gets too tired.
- Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
- The action of the stronger to suspend, Reason still use, to reason still attend.
- Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
- You've got to agree with me that the inspectors will suspend you—revoke your license.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
Synonyms for suspend
- adjourn
- append
- arrest
- attach
- bar
- be pendent
- break up
- can
- cease
- check
- count out
- cut short
- dangle
- debar
- defer
- depend
- discontinue
- eject
- eliminate
- exclude
- file
- halt
- hang
- hang down
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold up
- hook up
- inactivate
- intermit
- interrupt
- lay aside
- lay off
- lay on the table
- lay over
- omit
- pigeonhole
- pink-slip
- postpone
- procrastinate
- prorogue
- protract
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- put off
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
- reject
- retard
- rule out
- shelve
- sling
- stave off
- stay
- swing
- waive
- wave
- withhold
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