suspensiveadj.

Brit.

/səˈspɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/səˈspɛnsɪv/

Etymology: < medieval Latin suspensīvus (whence French suspensif , Provençal suspensiv , Italian sospensivo , Spanish suspensivo , Portuguese suspensivo ), < suspens- , past participial stem of suspendĕre to suspend v.: see -ive suffix.

†1. Liable to be suspended or temporarily stopped; intermittent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular

chopping1483

wavering1488

interpolate1547

suspensive1575

off and on1583

remitting1583

intermissive1586

fluttering1590

aguisha1602

intermittent1603

irregular1608

broken1629

intermitting1643

serratile1707

serrine1707

scattering1709

serratic1753

now-and-then1762

remittent1791

fitful1810

non-periodic1836

spasmodic1837

startful1837

interlusory1853

heterochronic1854

heterochronous1854

between-whiles1859

snatchy1861

sporadic1861

spasmodical1864

catchy1869

pauseful1877

aperiodic1879

scratchy1881

nervy1884

spurty1894

off-again on-again1923

on-again off-again1946

on-off1949

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 42 (Quod Venus) quha maid yat caus suspensiue? Quha had power sic Actis to decline?

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 23. 183 The action of bribery being thus suspensive and temporary.

†2. Kept undertermined or undecided; subject to doubt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > undecided, unsettled

openlOE

undiscussedc1340

unassoiled1387

undetermined1442

unruled1456

unabsoiled1521

undecised1528

undecided1540

unresolved1565

suspensive1575

unprejudged1641

unaccorded1645

indeterminate1656

unagreed1661

unabsolved1721

undeterminate1767

unsettled1844

meedless1896

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 49^v I suppone thir wemen ar Include. For to fulfill the number suspensiue.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 41 This dittay is geuin in sinisterlie: And in the self that point is suspensiue.

†3. Liable to be suspended (from office). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > temporarily > able to be

suspensive1557

suspendible1892

1557 in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1574) p. cii What then shulde haue become off oure churche, with thies their suspensyue ministers, and withe the discipline and all other thinges?

1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham vi. f. 23^v Whether his..Maiestie hath holden either of vs or our dealings suspensiue.

4. Having the power or effect of suspending, deferring, or temporarily stopping the operation of something; involving such suspension; spec. in Law, applied to a condition or obligation of which the operation is suspended until some event takes place.

ΘΚΠ

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

intermitted1557

pausing1572

suspensivea1623

cessant1648

suspending1656

interpolateda1676

suspended1795

abeyant1822

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective]

tarryingc1386

delayous1469

oversettingc1485

dilator1503

tarrysome1513

lingeringa1547

deferringc1565

delaying1576

dilatory1581

driving1585

protractive1596

tarrowinga1598

delayful1600

protracting1600

cunctative1617

suspensivea1623

remorala1625

Penelopeana1627

demurrant1633

remorating1638

retarding1654

tardative1666

temporizing1801

procrastinative1824

tomorrowing1824

procrastinatory1839

postponing1852

cunctatory1862

cunctatious1864

traa dy liooar1878

suspensory1884

off-putting1894

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

suspensivea1623

pauseful1958

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > involving a suspensive condition

suspensive1818

suspensively conditional1818

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulling or abrogating > suspensive

suspensive1818

suspensory1884

a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 59 That the Verb (Volo) doth of its own nature always import a Will, but sometimes a Will suspensive of that which is to come.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 346 The Law of Nature (which you say is Legislative, and hath a suspensive Power over all human Laws).

1791 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 167* The suspensive refusal of the king is thus expressed—The king will examine.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts iii. 10 If the agreement bear, that the obligation shall not presently have effect but remain inoperative until the event be certain, the condition is precedent and suspensive; and the conditional obligation is termed a suspensive one.

1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1892) I. 144 Shall the king have a negative on the laws? shall that negative be absolute, or suspensive only?

1822 A. Ranken Hist. France IX. x. iv. 312 The king..voluntarily declared his preference of the suspensive veto.

1826 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (ed. 5) I. 237 Suspensive Conditions are such as suspend the sale and stay the transfer till something be done.

1884 Spectator 9 Aug. A suspensive veto in the Lords means the power to compel the House of Commons to pass every great measure twice over.

1902 A. T. Carter Law Contract 70 This is sometimes called a ‘suspensive’ condition, for it hangs the contract up.

a. Inclined to suspend one's judgement; undecided in mind; of, pertaining to, characterized by, or in a state of suspense. (†rarely predicative.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

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

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xvii §11 The Lord expels not his suspensive rather than diffident admiration with signs and wonders.

1620 T. Matthew tr. St. Augustine Confessions iv. i. 226 She knew that I was then brought to that suspensiue state of mind by his meanes.

1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 35 You will not longer..be so suspensive what you shall do with him.

1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 174 In an unconstant man there is..a doubtful and suspensive life.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xv. 390 A suspensive discomfort inquieted his mind.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxvii. 514 That conspicuous characteristic of Grecian philosophy—the antagonist force of suspensive scepticism.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxvi. 296 The passion for watching chances—the habitual suspensive poise of the mind.

b. Of a word, phrase, etc.: Expressing or indicating suspense; keeping the reader or hearer in suspense.

ΘΚΠ

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

suspensive1711

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. i. xxii. 162 I shall there~fore divide the Conjunctions into Conjunctions Copulative; into Disjunctive..; into Suspensive, or of doubting; [etc.].

1836 W. E. Gladstone Memorandum 20 Jan. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. ii. iii. 133 The Duke of Wellington..receives remarks made to him very frequently with no more than ‘Ha’, a convenient, suspensive expression, which acknowledges the arrival of the observation and no more.

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 342 We have no long sentences, no careless sentences,..no suspensive sentences.

6. Characterized by physical suspension. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

yhongeOE

uphunga1400

suspensec1440

hanging1483

uphanged1555

hung1663

suspended1796

swung1812

suspensive1827

overhung1868

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xvii. 466 If a body is to have a suspensive insulation, then silk thread or cord may be advantageously resorted to.

1872 Daily News 1 Aug. Any position..perpendicular, horizontal, suspensive, or otherwise.

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

单词	suspensive
释义	suspensiveadj. Brit. /səˈspɛnsɪv/, U.S. /səˈspɛnsɪv/ Etymology: < medieval Latin suspensīvus (whence French suspensif , Provençal suspensiv , Italian sospensivo , Spanish suspensivo , Portuguese suspensivo ), < suspens- , past participial stem of suspendĕre to suspend v.: see -ive suffix. †1. Liable to be suspended or temporarily stopped; intermittent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular chopping1483 wavering1488 interpolate1547 suspensive1575 off and on1583 remitting1583 intermissive1586 fluttering1590 aguisha1602 intermittent1603 irregular1608 broken1629 intermitting1643 serratile1707 serrine1707 scattering1709 serratic1753 now-and-then1762 remittent1791 fitful1810 non-periodic1836 spasmodic1837 startful1837 interlusory1853 heterochronic1854 heterochronous1854 between-whiles1859 snatchy1861 sporadic1861 spasmodical1864 catchy1869 pauseful1877 aperiodic1879 scratchy1881 nervy1884 spurty1894 off-again on-again1923 on-again off-again1946 on-off1949 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 42 (Quod Venus) quha maid yat caus suspensiue? Quha had power sic Actis to decline? 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 23. 183 The action of bribery being thus suspensive and temporary. †2. Kept undertermined or undecided; subject to doubt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > undecided, unsettled openlOE undiscussedc1340 unassoiled1387 undetermined1442 unruled1456 unabsoiled1521 undecised1528 undecided1540 unresolved1565 suspensive1575 unprejudged1641 unaccorded1645 indeterminate1656 unagreed1661 unabsolved1721 undeterminate1767 unsettled1844 meedless1896 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 49^v I suppone thir wemen ar Include. For to fulfill the number suspensiue. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 41 This dittay is geuin in sinisterlie: And in the self that point is suspensiue. †3. Liable to be suspended (from office). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > temporarily > able to be suspensive1557 suspendible1892 1557 in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1574) p. cii What then shulde haue become off oure churche, with thies their suspensyue ministers, and withe the discipline and all other thinges? 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham vi. f. 23^v Whether his..Maiestie hath holden either of vs or our dealings suspensiue. 4. Having the power or effect of suspending, deferring, or temporarily stopping the operation of something; involving such suspension; spec. in Law, applied to a condition or obligation of which the operation is suspended until some event takes place. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective] intermitted1557 pausing1572 suspensivea1623 cessant1648 suspending1656 interpolateda1676 suspended1795 abeyant1822 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] tarryingc1386 delayous1469 oversettingc1485 dilator1503 tarrysome1513 lingeringa1547 deferringc1565 delaying1576 dilatory1581 driving1585 protractive1596 tarrowinga1598 delayful1600 protracting1600 cunctative1617 suspensivea1623 remorala1625 Penelopeana1627 demurrant1633 remorating1638 retarding1654 tardative1666 temporizing1801 procrastinative1824 tomorrowing1824 procrastinatory1839 postponing1852 cunctatory1862 cunctatious1864 traa dy liooar1878 suspensory1884 off-putting1894 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective] > causing a temporary cessation suspensivea1623 pauseful1958 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > involving a suspensive condition suspensive1818 suspensively conditional1818 society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulling or abrogating > suspensive suspensive1818 suspensory1884 a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 59 That the Verb (Volo) doth of its own nature always import a Will, but sometimes a Will suspensive of that which is to come. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 346 The Law of Nature (which you say is Legislative, and hath a suspensive Power over all human Laws). 1791 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 167* The suspensive refusal of the king is thus expressed—The king will examine. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts iii. 10 If the agreement bear, that the obligation shall not presently have effect but remain inoperative until the event be certain, the condition is precedent and suspensive; and the conditional obligation is termed a suspensive one. 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1892) I. 144 Shall the king have a negative on the laws? shall that negative be absolute, or suspensive only? 1822 A. Ranken Hist. France IX. x. iv. 312 The king..voluntarily declared his preference of the suspensive veto. 1826 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (ed. 5) I. 237 Suspensive Conditions are such as suspend the sale and stay the transfer till something be done. 1884 Spectator 9 Aug. A suspensive veto in the Lords means the power to compel the House of Commons to pass every great measure twice over. 1902 A. T. Carter Law Contract 70 This is sometimes called a ‘suspensive’ condition, for it hangs the contract up. 5. a. Inclined to suspend one's judgement; undecided in mind; of, pertaining to, characterized by, or in a state of suspense. (†rarely predicative.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 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 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xvii §11 The Lord expels not his suspensive rather than diffident admiration with signs and wonders. 1620 T. Matthew tr. St. Augustine Confessions iv. i. 226 She knew that I was then brought to that suspensiue state of mind by his meanes. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 35 You will not longer..be so suspensive what you shall do with him. 1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 174 In an unconstant man there is..a doubtful and suspensive life. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xv. 390 A suspensive discomfort inquieted his mind. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxvii. 514 That conspicuous characteristic of Grecian philosophy—the antagonist force of suspensive scepticism. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxvi. 296 The passion for watching chances—the habitual suspensive poise of the mind. b. Of a word, phrase, etc.: Expressing or indicating suspense; keeping the reader or hearer in suspense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] > expressing suspense suspensive1711 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. i. xxii. 162 I shall there~fore divide the Conjunctions into Conjunctions Copulative; into Disjunctive..; into Suspensive, or of doubting; [etc.]. 1836 W. E. Gladstone Memorandum 20 Jan. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. ii. iii. 133 The Duke of Wellington..receives remarks made to him very frequently with no more than ‘Ha’, a convenient, suspensive expression, which acknowledges the arrival of the observation and no more. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 342 We have no long sentences, no careless sentences,..no suspensive sentences. 6. Characterized by physical suspension. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] yhongeOE uphunga1400 suspensec1440 hanging1483 uphanged1555 hung1663 suspended1796 swung1812 suspensive1827 overhung1868 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xvii. 466 If a body is to have a suspensive insulation, then silk thread or cord may be advantageously resorted to. 1872 Daily News 1 Aug. Any position..perpendicular, horizontal, suspensive, or otherwise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1557
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