suffossus

of suffodio to dig under; suf (for sub ) = under, and fodio to dig.] The act of digging under or beneath; an undermining. "Those conspiracies against maligned sovereignty; those suffosions of walls, ." -Bp . Hall : St. Paul's Combat . suf-fra-gan, *suf'-fra-gant, a. . [ Fr.suffra gant , from Lat. suffragans , pr. par. of suffragor to vote for, to support, or from Low Lat. suffraganeus =a suffragan bishop.] [SUFFRAGE.] A. As adjective: 1. Ord. Lang.: A isting, supporting. "Let my pen loose to the sufragant testimonies." - Bp. Hall: Remaines, p. 302. 2. Eccles .: A isting, a istant; as, a suffragan bishop. Every bishop is suffragan relatively to the archbishop of his province. IMG:content-0530.png:[blocks in formation] 3921 suf-fra-gan-ship, *suf-fra-gane-ship, subst. [Eng. suffragan; -ship.] The office or position of a suffragan. "Therewith held the suffraganeship under Henry Beau ford Bishop of Lincoln."- Fuller: Worthies; Cumber land. *suf-fra-gant, a. & s. [SUFFRAGAN.] *suf'-fra-gate, v. i. [Lat, suffragatus , pa. par. of suffragor .] [SUFFRAGE, V.] 1. To vote with; to agree in voice with. "It cannot choose but suffragate to the reasonablene and convenience thereof, being so discovered." -Hale : Orig. of Mankind , p. 291. 2. To vote. "With liberty allowed him to suffragate in con greg at. and convocat." -Wood: Fasti Oxon ., vol. ii. *suf-fra-ga-tor, s. [Lat.] One who a ists or supports with his vote. "The most of their suffragators are already a embled." -Bp. of Chester to Abp . Usher , p. 67. suf'-frage (age as Ig), *suf-fra-gy, s. [Fr., from Lat. suffragium =a vote; ultimate etymology doubtful.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A vote or voice given on a controverted question, or in the choice of a candidate for a particular office, position, or trust; the formal expre ion of opinion on a point in question; hence, approval, consent. [FRANCHISE, 2.] "Enthusiastically confirmed by the sufrage of the whole principality." - London Daily Telegraph . *2. Testimony, attestation, witne . *3. Aid, a istance. "But all give suffrage ; that with speed I may these discords end."- Chapman : Homer's Iliad, viii. II. Ecclesiastical : 1. A short petition, such as those after the creed or matins and evensong. 2. Prayer on behalf of another, or for the whole body of the faithful; espec. prayer offered for the faithful departed. "He [Henry the 5] made a riche tum be for Richard the 2, and cau id suffragies to be ordenid for hym."-Leland: Collectanea : vol. ii., p. 490. suf-frage (age as Ig), v . t . [Lat. suffragor = to vote for.] [SUFFRAGE, 8.] To vote for; to elect. "Suffraging their knights and burge es." Milton : Reform, in England , bk. ii. *suf-frăg-in-ous, a. [Lat. suffrago (gen it.suf. frag in is )=the pastern or hough.] Of or pertaining to the knee-joint of beasts. IMG:content-0531.png:[blocks in formation] sŭg, subst. [Etym. doubtful; perhaps allied to suck. A small kind of worm. "At which time many of them (trout] have sticking on them sugs, or trout-lice; which is a kind of worm in shape like a clove, or pin with a big head-and sticks close to him, and sucks his moisture; these, I think, the trout breeds himself."- Walton : Angler , bk. i., ch. iv.