| 单词 | to put in suspense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put in suspense a. (Chiefly Law.) in suspense, not being executed, fulfilled, rendered, paid, or the like; esp. to put in suspense, to defer or intermit the execution, payment, etc. of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > stay or suspend proceedings abatec1325 to put in suspense1421 stint1491 stay1525 bar1552 sist1635 stop1690 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > for later treatment or consideration reservec1384 to put in suspense1421 resplait1447 to put in resplait1452 to leave over?c1475 sleep1519 refer1559 suspend1581 seposit1657 pigeonhole1840 shelve1847 table1849 pend1953 1421 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 138 Whethir not changed may be this sentence; O lord, may it nat put been in suspense? 1492 Rolls of Parl. VI. 445 That by this same Act..the same Rentes and Services..be not extincted nor put in suspence. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xlv The tenaunt for terme of lyfe hath fee in the seruyces but the seruyces be put in suspence durynge hys lyfe. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 9 The same estatutes..shalbe in suspence and not to put in execucion duryng the saide tyme. 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 522 That the saidis landis..remane in the menetyme in suspens un-mellit or intromettit with be ayther of the saidis partiis. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 313 Albeit during the couerture the seruices shal be put in suspence. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 242 It was a springing use, resting in suspense during his life. < as lemmas |
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