suspendedadj.n.

Brit.

/səˈspɛndᵻd/, U.S.

/səˈspɛndəd/

Etymology: < suspend v. + -ed suffix¹.

A. adj.

I. Debarred, postponed, deferred, and related uses.

1. Temporarily deprived of office, position, or privilege.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > temporarily

suspended1535

1535 in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. Records 132 Whether any Persons Excommunicate, Suspended, or Interdicted, did give Voices in the same Election?

1659 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1901) IV. 300 The cashiered and suspended officers.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. viii. 420 Louis and his sad suspended Household.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 408 Compton, the suspended Bishop of London.

1901 Scotsman 9 Mar. 8/4 One of the suspended members had the first place for an amendment.

2. Undecided, undetermined.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective]

suspensec1440

suspensed1526

on hovec1540

ambiguous1550

staggeringa1577

suspended1576

in suspense1583

halting1585

suspensory1611

suspensive1614

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828

1576 A. Fleming tr. Solon in Panoplie Epist. 194 His suspended and doubtfull mynde.

1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 13 One of his friends, who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life.

1881 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Autobiogr. ii. 20 It is the most difficult thing for us to be satisfied with suspended judgment.

3. Temporarily stopped, intermitted: chiefly in suspended animation, a state of temporary insensibility, esp. that due to asphyxia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective]

intermitted1557

pausing1572

suspensivea1623

cessant1648

suspending1656

interpolateda1676

suspended1795

abeyant1822

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > suspension of consciousness

ligation1598

little death1598

ligature1728

suspended animation1795

petite mort1891

1795 Brit. Critic VI. 533 The author having examined the causes of suspended animation in animals that are hanged, drowned, suffocated, or killed by noxious vapours, concludes that it is occasioned solely by the exclusion of vital air from the lungs.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xi. 242 Why watched those myriads with suspended breath Sleepless a second night?

1817 J. M. Good Physiol. Syst. Nosol. 368 Total suspension of all the mental and corporeal functions..Asphyxy. Suspended animation.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed xiv, in Tales Crusaders I. 274 In suggesting and applying the usual modes for recalling the suspended sense.

1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter viii An old servant waited with the means of restoring suspended animation.

1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory of Another Life xvii. 257 A condition of suspended powers.

a. Deferred, or of which the fulfilment or execution is deferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed

remiss?1518

adjourned1538

delayed1548

long-delayed1548

lag1552

prorogued1552

dilated1556

lagging1597

retardate1598

fristeda1600

lagged1602

retarded1636

deferred1651

prorogatory1672

lated1676

postponed1819

protracted1838

suspended1848

put-off1871

hung up1878

held1906

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 271 Harold parted from his betrothed, without hint of his suspended designs.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. ii. 326 Inasmuch as perfect justice is not executed in this world, man is in a state of suspended condemnation.

b. suspended sentence n. (Law), a sentence which is imposed but remains in suspense provided that the offender commits no further offence within a stipulated period.The suspended sentence was first introduced in Europe in the late nineteenth cent. Before this the phr. ‘to suspend sentence’ was used, esp. in the U.S., to denote the remission or commutation of a capital sentence (see quots. 1828, 1860¹). In Great Britain the suspended sentence became legal only in 1967 (see quot. 1967), and is commonly used in conjunction with the system of probation (see probation n. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > suspended sentence

suspended sentence1884

suspended1970

1828 De W. Clinton Let. 5 Feb. in Niles' Weekly Reg. 1 Mar. 10/1 If the judiciary be exposed to sudden..attempts on its humanity..to suspend the sentence of the law, what must be the effect on the executive, when it comes before him, backed by judicial authority—a prevalent sentiment against the punishment of death.

1860 N. Howard Pract. Rep. Supreme Court State N.-Y. 20 119 I have learned by newspapers that the recorder of this city occasionally suspended sentence upon verdicts or pleas of guilty.

1860 N. Howard Pract. Rep. Supreme Court State N.-Y. 20 119 The court does not possess the power to suspend sentence indefinitely. The judge should recommend the prisoner to a pardon and not suspend sentence, in case he thinks no punishment ought to be inflicted.]

1884 Chicago Legal News XVI. 392/1 The same ruling might be held to apply as to the enforcement of suspended sentences..if the power of suspension existed.

1912 Atlantic Reporter LXXXII. 424/1 The term ‘suspended sentence’, as used in criminal law, refers to the suspension of the execution of a sentence already imposed, and not correctly to the suspending of a sentence.

1923 Texas Law Rev. I. 191 If anyone is to be given a suspended sentence and another chance to ‘make good’, surely it is the young man who has committed his first misdemeanor.

1947 Survey LXXXIII. 219/1 In 1940, 33 percent of our adult offenders were put on probation or granted suspended sentence.

1950 Times 21 Oct. 3/3 Sir Leo Page had suggested to him that the probation system might be strengthened by the suspended sentence as used in France and other countries.

1950 A. Baron There's No Home 210 If you box clever and keep your mouth shut,..you ought to be able to count on a suspended sentence.

1957 Alternatives to Short Terms of Imprisonment (Home Office) 9 We understand from the Association of Chief Police Officers that there is strong support among the police for the courts being given power to impose a suspended sentence.

1967 Act Eliz. II c. 80 §39 A court which passes a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not more than two years for an offence may order that the sentence shall not take effect unless, during a period specified in the order..the offender commits in Great Britain another offence punishable with imprisonment..and in this Part of this Act ‘operational period’, in relation to a suspended sentence, means the period so specified.

1971 L. Radzinowicz in M. Ancel Suspended Sentence p. vi. The suspended sentence is essentially a continental system. It began its meteoric career over seventy years ago, with the Belgian and French laws of 1888 and 1891... From there it made a tour du monde... It eventually reached Israel..in 1954, before entering the United Kingdom, as a very late immigrant, in 1967.

1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek viii. 151 I got six months suspended sentence last time and fined twenty rotten quid.

1973 F. Rinaldi Suspended Sentences in Austral. vi. 85 To every suspended sentence there should be added a supervision order.

1979 T. Skyrme Changing Image Magistracy x. 125 After the introduction of suspended sentences other forms of penalty, financial as well as custodial, diminished steadily.

c. suspended participle n. (Grammar), a participle in an absolute clause or phrase whose subject is omitted, resulting in ambiguity; a dangling participle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > participle > types of

present participle1705

past participle1798

fused participle1906

dangling participle1909

suspended participle1942

1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 93/1 Confused participles... Here will be treated what are variously known as disconnected or misrelated or suspended participles... Dr Onions cites the following additional examples:- Calling upon him last summer, he kindly offered to give me his copy. (Say: When I called.)

1972 R. D. Walshe in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. 256 This lapse..has variously been called the..isolated, suspended, or dangling participle (or phrase).

d. suspended disbelief n. see suspend v. 4d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > [noun] > refraining from

(willing) suspension of disbelief1817

suspended disbelief1965

1965 New Statesman 20 Aug. 262/1 For a moment you forgot these were actors and participated..in the panic of..the St Valentine's day massacre... A moment later the curtain came down, the lights went up. The theatre has its own short way with suspended disbelief.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 13/4 If in the end I remain in a state of suspended disbelief, it is..because I find it hard to believe that there can be a single explanation for so complex a phenomenon.

5. Music. Of a note of a chord: Prolonged into the following chord, usually so as to constitute a temporary discord.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > suspended, etc.

unresolved1742

resolved1818

suspended1853

prepared1867

1853 J. Smith Treat. Mus. 33 By carrying on some one tone (technically termed a ‘suspended note’), from the harmony preceding a dissonant chord.

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 63 The suspended discords are the 9th, the 4th, and the 5th, when this last is not portion of a common chord.

1889 E. Prout Harmony xix. 228 The first inversion of the suspended fourth.

II. Hung from a support, and related uses.

a. Supported by attachment above; hung; hanging. †suspended bridge = suspension-bridge n. suspended ceiling, a ceiling fixed so as to alter the proportions of the room or to give sufficient space above it to accommodate services.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective]

yhongeOE

uphunga1400

suspensec1440

hanging1483

uphanged1555

hung1663

suspended1796

swung1812

suspensive1827

overhung1868

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > suspension bridge

suspended bridge1796

hanging bridge1815

wire bridge1816

chain-bridge1818

bridge of suspension1821

suspension-bridge1821

jhula1830

tension-bridge1877

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of

lacec1330

plancher1561

concameration1644

fasciaa1652

laqueary1656

cant-ceiling1688

laquear1706

string-piece1789

coved ceiling1796

concha1832

false ceiling1870

wagon-ceiling1875

suspended ceiling1933

1796 Monthly Mag. 2 883 Jordan's Suspended Bridges.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 223 The clappers now fly to deposit the electricity they have received upon the central bell. They are then again in a condition to be attracted by the suspended bells.

1861 H. Stephens & R. S. Burn Bk. Farm-buildings 368 Suspended or hanging gate for courtyards.

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 44 In 1847 Mr. Bridges Adams introduced the suspended joint with fish~plates.

1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 18 We recognise, by the tell-tale cavities left in the existing stonework, that the scaffolds were suspended ones.

1933 Archit. Rev. 74 54/3 The suspended ceilings are built of steel, wire hangers, steel bars and expanded metal, and plaster.

1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 399/2 Double partitions, ..‘floating floors’,..and independent or suspended ceilings are all forms of construction used for sound insulation.

1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 17/8 (advt.) The County Council invite offers to submit fixed price tenders for..the provision of a suspended ceiling.

b. Entomology. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > joined by a ligature

suspended1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 300 Suspended,..when one part is joined to another by a ligature, without being inserted in it.

1841 J. O. Westwood Brit. Butterflies 54 The mode in which these caterpillars [of the Peacock Butterfly] change to suspended chrysalides.

1870 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (1871) ii. 19 Suspended..those in which the chrysalids are attached by the tail only, and hang with the head downwards.

c. Botany. Of an ovule (or seed): Attached at or near the summit of the ovary (or fruit) and hanging vertically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > suspended or nestling

nidulant1783

suspended1832

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 159 When an ovulum..hangs from the summit of the cavity, it is pendulous; and when from a little below the summit, it is suspended.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 336 A seed may be erect, inverse or pendulous, suspended, ascending, &c.

7. Held up without attachment; held aloft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support

poised1596

balanced1611

self-poised1621

self-sustained1675

suspended1817

free-standing1837

self-standing1871

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xi. 6 A vapour like the sea's suspended spray Hung gathered.

8. Held in suspension; diffused in a fluid medium, as solid particles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > suspension > [adjective]

suspended1832

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [adjective] > suspended in a fluid

suspended1832

the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support > in a medium

suspended1832

1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) vii. 49 The coarsest portion of the suspended matter first subsides.

1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 786/1 It..contains suspended impurities coated with albumen.

1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 141 A part of the suspended sediment falls to the bottom.

B. n. elliptical for suspended sentence n. at sense A. 4b.

slang.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > suspended sentence

suspended sentence1884

suspended1970

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 34 The bird'll get a suspended, I don't doubt her old man's had a word somewhere.

1979 M. Page Pilate Plot ix. 130 If you cooperate, I can probably get you off with a £20 fine and a month's suspended—and no press publicity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suspended
释义	suspendedadj.n. Brit. /səˈspɛndᵻd/, U.S. /səˈspɛndəd/ Etymology: < suspend v. + -ed suffix¹. A. adj. I. Debarred, postponed, deferred, and related uses. 1. Temporarily deprived of office, position, or privilege. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > temporarily suspended1535 1535 in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. Records 132 Whether any Persons Excommunicate, Suspended, or Interdicted, did give Voices in the same Election? 1659 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1901) IV. 300 The cashiered and suspended officers. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. viii. 420 Louis and his sad suspended Household. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 408 Compton, the suspended Bishop of London. 1901 Scotsman 9 Mar. 8/4 One of the suspended members had the first place for an amendment. 2. Undecided, undetermined. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] suspensec1440 suspensed1526 on hovec1540 ambiguous1550 staggeringa1577 suspended1576 in suspense1583 halting1585 suspensory1611 suspensive1614 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 1576 A. Fleming tr. Solon in Panoplie Epist. 194 His suspended and doubtfull mynde. 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 13 One of his friends, who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life. 1881 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Autobiogr. ii. 20 It is the most difficult thing for us to be satisfied with suspended judgment. 3. Temporarily stopped, intermitted: chiefly in suspended animation, a state of temporary insensibility, esp. that due to asphyxia. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective] intermitted1557 pausing1572 suspensivea1623 cessant1648 suspending1656 interpolateda1676 suspended1795 abeyant1822 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > suspension of consciousness ligation1598 little death1598 ligature1728 suspended animation1795 petite mort1891 1795 Brit. Critic VI. 533 The author having examined the causes of suspended animation in animals that are hanged, drowned, suffocated, or killed by noxious vapours, concludes that it is occasioned solely by the exclusion of vital air from the lungs. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xi. 242 Why watched those myriads with suspended breath Sleepless a second night? 1817 J. M. Good Physiol. Syst. Nosol. 368 Total suspension of all the mental and corporeal functions..Asphyxy. Suspended animation. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xiv, in Tales Crusaders I. 274 In suggesting and applying the usual modes for recalling the suspended sense. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter viii An old servant waited with the means of restoring suspended animation. 1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory of Another Life xvii. 257 A condition of suspended powers. 4. a. Deferred, or of which the fulfilment or execution is deferred. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 271 Harold parted from his betrothed, without hint of his suspended designs. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. ii. 326 Inasmuch as perfect justice is not executed in this world, man is in a state of suspended condemnation. b. suspended sentence n. (Law), a sentence which is imposed but remains in suspense provided that the offender commits no further offence within a stipulated period.The suspended sentence was first introduced in Europe in the late nineteenth cent. Before this the phr. ‘to suspend sentence’ was used, esp. in the U.S., to denote the remission or commutation of a capital sentence (see quots. 1828, 1860¹). In Great Britain the suspended sentence became legal only in 1967 (see quot. 1967), and is commonly used in conjunction with the system of probation (see probation n. 3b). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > suspended sentence suspended sentence1884 suspended1970 1828 De W. Clinton Let. 5 Feb. in Niles' Weekly Reg. 1 Mar. 10/1 If the judiciary be exposed to sudden..attempts on its humanity..to suspend the sentence of the law, what must be the effect on the executive, when it comes before him, backed by judicial authority—a prevalent sentiment against the punishment of death. 1860 N. Howard Pract. Rep. Supreme Court State N.-Y. 20 119 I have learned by newspapers that the recorder of this city occasionally suspended sentence upon verdicts or pleas of guilty. 1860 N. Howard Pract. Rep. Supreme Court State N.-Y. 20 119 The court does not possess the power to suspend sentence indefinitely. The judge should recommend the prisoner to a pardon and not suspend sentence, in case he thinks no punishment ought to be inflicted.] 1884 Chicago Legal News XVI. 392/1 The same ruling might be held to apply as to the enforcement of suspended sentences..if the power of suspension existed. 1912 Atlantic Reporter LXXXII. 424/1 The term ‘suspended sentence’, as used in criminal law, refers to the suspension of the execution of a sentence already imposed, and not correctly to the suspending of a sentence. 1923 Texas Law Rev. I. 191 If anyone is to be given a suspended sentence and another chance to ‘make good’, surely it is the young man who has committed his first misdemeanor. 1947 Survey LXXXIII. 219/1 In 1940, 33 percent of our adult offenders were put on probation or granted suspended sentence. 1950 Times 21 Oct. 3/3 Sir Leo Page had suggested to him that the probation system might be strengthened by the suspended sentence as used in France and other countries. 1950 A. Baron There's No Home 210 If you box clever and keep your mouth shut,..you ought to be able to count on a suspended sentence. 1957 Alternatives to Short Terms of Imprisonment (Home Office) 9 We understand from the Association of Chief Police Officers that there is strong support among the police for the courts being given power to impose a suspended sentence. 1967 Act Eliz. II c. 80 §39 A court which passes a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not more than two years for an offence may order that the sentence shall not take effect unless, during a period specified in the order..the offender commits in Great Britain another offence punishable with imprisonment..and in this Part of this Act ‘operational period’, in relation to a suspended sentence, means the period so specified. 1971 L. Radzinowicz in M. Ancel Suspended Sentence p. vi. The suspended sentence is essentially a continental system. It began its meteoric career over seventy years ago, with the Belgian and French laws of 1888 and 1891... From there it made a tour du monde... It eventually reached Israel..in 1954, before entering the United Kingdom, as a very late immigrant, in 1967. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek viii. 151 I got six months suspended sentence last time and fined twenty rotten quid. 1973 F. Rinaldi Suspended Sentences in Austral. vi. 85 To every suspended sentence there should be added a supervision order. 1979 T. Skyrme Changing Image Magistracy x. 125 After the introduction of suspended sentences other forms of penalty, financial as well as custodial, diminished steadily. c. suspended participle n. (Grammar), a participle in an absolute clause or phrase whose subject is omitted, resulting in ambiguity; a dangling participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > participle > types of present participle1705 past participle1798 fused participle1906 dangling participle1909 suspended participle1942 1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 93/1 Confused participles... Here will be treated what are variously known as disconnected or misrelated or suspended participles... Dr Onions cites the following additional examples:- Calling upon him last summer, he kindly offered to give me his copy. (Say: When I called.) 1972 R. D. Walshe in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. 256 This lapse..has variously been called the..isolated, suspended, or dangling participle (or phrase). d. suspended disbelief n. see suspend v. 4d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > [noun] > refraining from (willing) suspension of disbelief1817 suspended disbelief1965 1965 New Statesman 20 Aug. 262/1 For a moment you forgot these were actors and participated..in the panic of..the St Valentine's day massacre... A moment later the curtain came down, the lights went up. The theatre has its own short way with suspended disbelief. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 13/4 If in the end I remain in a state of suspended disbelief, it is..because I find it hard to believe that there can be a single explanation for so complex a phenomenon. 5. Music. Of a note of a chord: Prolonged into the following chord, usually so as to constitute a temporary discord. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > suspended, etc. unresolved1742 resolved1818 suspended1853 prepared1867 1853 J. Smith Treat. Mus. 33 By carrying on some one tone (technically termed a ‘suspended note’), from the harmony preceding a dissonant chord. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 63 The suspended discords are the 9th, the 4th, and the 5th, when this last is not portion of a common chord. 1889 E. Prout Harmony xix. 228 The first inversion of the suspended fourth. II. Hung from a support, and related uses. 6. a. Supported by attachment above; hung; hanging. †suspended bridge = suspension-bridge n. suspended ceiling, a ceiling fixed so as to alter the proportions of the room or to give sufficient space above it to accommodate services. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] yhongeOE uphunga1400 suspensec1440 hanging1483 uphanged1555 hung1663 suspended1796 swung1812 suspensive1827 overhung1868 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > suspension bridge suspended bridge1796 hanging bridge1815 wire bridge1816 chain-bridge1818 bridge of suspension1821 suspension-bridge1821 jhula1830 tension-bridge1877 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of lacec1330 plancher1561 concameration1644 fasciaa1652 laqueary1656 cant-ceiling1688 laquear1706 string-piece1789 coved ceiling1796 concha1832 false ceiling1870 wagon-ceiling1875 suspended ceiling1933 1796 Monthly Mag. 2 883 Jordan's Suspended Bridges. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 223 The clappers now fly to deposit the electricity they have received upon the central bell. They are then again in a condition to be attracted by the suspended bells. 1861 H. Stephens & R. S. Burn Bk. Farm-buildings 368 Suspended or hanging gate for courtyards. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 44 In 1847 Mr. Bridges Adams introduced the suspended joint with fish~plates. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 18 We recognise, by the tell-tale cavities left in the existing stonework, that the scaffolds were suspended ones. 1933 Archit. Rev. 74 54/3 The suspended ceilings are built of steel, wire hangers, steel bars and expanded metal, and plaster. 1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 399/2 Double partitions, ..‘floating floors’,..and independent or suspended ceilings are all forms of construction used for sound insulation. 1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 17/8 (advt.) The County Council invite offers to submit fixed price tenders for..the provision of a suspended ceiling. b. Entomology. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > joined by a ligature suspended1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 300 Suspended,..when one part is joined to another by a ligature, without being inserted in it. 1841 J. O. Westwood Brit. Butterflies 54 The mode in which these caterpillars [of the Peacock Butterfly] change to suspended chrysalides. 1870 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (1871) ii. 19 Suspended..those in which the chrysalids are attached by the tail only, and hang with the head downwards. c. Botany. Of an ovule (or seed): Attached at or near the summit of the ovary (or fruit) and hanging vertically. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > suspended or nestling nidulant1783 suspended1832 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 159 When an ovulum..hangs from the summit of the cavity, it is pendulous; and when from a little below the summit, it is suspended. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 336 A seed may be erect, inverse or pendulous, suspended, ascending, &c. 7. Held up without attachment; held aloft. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support poised1596 balanced1611 self-poised1621 self-sustained1675 suspended1817 free-standing1837 self-standing1871 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xi. 6 A vapour like the sea's suspended spray Hung gathered. 8. Held in suspension; diffused in a fluid medium, as solid particles. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > suspension > [adjective] suspended1832 the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [adjective] > suspended in a fluid suspended1832 the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support > in a medium suspended1832 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) vii. 49 The coarsest portion of the suspended matter first subsides. 1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 786/1 It..contains suspended impurities coated with albumen. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 141 A part of the suspended sediment falls to the bottom. B. n. elliptical for suspended sentence n. at sense A. 4b. slang. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > suspended sentence suspended sentence1884 suspended1970 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 34 The bird'll get a suspended, I don't doubt her old man's had a word somewhere. 1979 M. Page Pilate Plot ix. 130 If you cooperate, I can probably get you off with a £20 fine and a month's suspended—and no press publicity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1535
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