resuspendv.
/ˌriːsəˈspɛnd/, U.S. /ˌrisəˈspɛnd/ 1. transitive. To place (particles, etc.) in suspension in a fluid again.
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1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. I. 112 I resuspended 50 grains of the chalk obtained in this experiment.
1912 Jrnl. Hygiene 12 155 Great difficulty is experienced in attempting to re-dissolve or re-suspend the globulin precipitate in saline.
1925 C. H. Browning Bacteriol. vi. 122 By..re-suspending the sediment in..sodium chloride solution and again centrifugalising, the corpuscles are freed from..the serum.
1976 Nucl. Engin. Internat. Nov. 37/2 Eventually the Pu settles to the ground and may be resuspended by being blown up by winds.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 2903/2 Cells were collected by centrifugation, resuspended in YEPD, and incubated for various times in the dark.
2.
a. transitive. To hang again or differently. Now rare.figurative in earliest use.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] > hang allowing movement about attachment point > again
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a1824 J. Briggs Remains (1825) iv. 49 Had such an accident [sc. falling from a hedge] happened in Preston, the unfortunate sufferer would have been re-suspended in every company he had entered.
1846 Zoologist 4 1356 Since re-suspending it [sc. the beehive] this spring, it has continued to decrease.
1900 Daily News 27 Sept. 7 The Count..is hard at work directing the repairs to the airship, which has already been resuspended.
1956 Fort Pierce (Florida) News-Tribune 17 Oct. 1/7 The main would be resuspended under the bridge after the work is completed.
2003 European Jrnl. Cardio-thoracic Surg. 24 310 In patients with severe aortic insufficiency, they repaired the native valve by resuspending the prolapsed cusps.
b. transitive. To suspend (a law, etc.) again; to suspend (a person) again from an office or privilege.
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1859 Circular State School Commissioner Respecting Ohio School Libraries 4 The Legislature having refused to re-suspend this law, it again becomes operative.
1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 50 App. 484 All Candidates..including those whose certificates have been resuspended as hereinafter provided, shall be announced by the Secretary.
1908 E. P. Tanner Province New Jersey xv. 269 One of the first acts of Lieutenant-governor Ingoldsby was to re-suspend the devoted Morris.
1998 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 33 25 Caldera suspended Article 190:6 completely in February 1994, reinstated it in June, and then resuspended it before the end of the month.
Derivatives
resuˈspended adj. (esp. of a cell) that has been resuspended in a fluid.
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1941 Biol. Bull. 80 70 These resuspended cells exhibited the same permeable properties.
1976 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73 4689/2 The resuspended membranes could be stored at −70° for at least 6 weeks.
2002 F. C. Hay & O. M. R. Westwood Pract. Immunol. (ed. 4) ii. 49 Add 0·8 ml of PEG to resuspended cells, mix gently and incubate at 37°C for 1 min.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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