suspectedness (suspektednes)

The state of being suspected or doubted. Imp. Dict. suspecter (sus-pek'ter), n. [ A base suspecter of a virgin's honour. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 8. suspectfult (sus-pekt'fül), a. [ suspect , n.2, + -ful .] 1. Apt to suspect or mistrust. Saunders, Physiognomie (1653). ( Nares . ) I will do much, sir, to preserve his life, And your innocence; be not you suspectful . Shirley , Traitor, iii. 2. 2. Exciting suspicion. A diffident and suspect full prohibition. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 34. Any object not well-discerned in the dark fear and suspectible (sus-pek'ti-bl), a. [ suspect + Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 258. Let us at most suspect , not prove our Wrongs. Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence or without proof. I do suspect thee very grievously. Shak., K. John, iv. 3. 134. In the way of Trade, we still suspect the smoothest Dealers of the deepest Designs. Congreve, Old Bachelor, iv. 3. 3. To hold to be uncertain; doubt; mistrust; distrust. ne e. Genebrard suspects the History of the A yrian great Pur chas, Pilgrimage, p. 71. Ophechankanough will not come at vs, that causes vs suspect his former promises. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, II. 38. In politics it is held suspected , or to be employed with judgment. Bacon, Physical Fables, vi. 4t. To look up to; respect; esteem. [A Latinism.] Not suspecting the dignity of an amba ador, nor of his country. North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 927. ( Trench.) Suspected bill of health. See bill of health, under bills, -ible.] Liable to be suspected. Richardson , Clari a Harlowe, II. lxxxi. [Rare.] suspectiont (sus-pek's hon), n. [A var. of sus picion , a uming the form of L. suspectio (n-), a looking up to, suspicere , pp. suspect us , look up to, suspect: see suspect .] Suspicion. Yet hastow caught a fals suspect i on. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 306. [This is the reading of the sixteenth-century edition and in Tyrwhitt for the suspecioun (modern suspicion ) of the manuscripts.] That yowe maye bee owte of all suspect i on that yowe shal not bee deceaued, make me the guyde of this viage. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on [America, ed. Arber, p. 117). suspectiousne t (sus-pek's hus-nes), n. Suspicion; suspiciousne . Se you any suspect i ous ne in this mater? I pray you she we me or I sende the money. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. clxvii. suspectle t (sus-pekt'les), a . [ suspect , n.2, +-le .] 1. Not suspecting; having no suspicion. Rev. T. Adams , Works, III. 56.-2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. suspectle To cloud a godhead in. IMG:content-2565.png:[blocks in formation] quotation. In these pits (also called suspenders ) the hides are sus of financial inability; busine failure: as, the suspension of a bank or commercial house. (e) Temporary deprivation of office, power, prerogative, or any other privilege: as, the suspension of an officer or of a clergyman. (f) In law: (1) The temporary stop of a man's right, as when a seigniory, rent, or other profit out of land lies dormant for a time, by reason of the unity of po e ion of the da cause to hang; make to depend from anything; hang: g: as, to suspend a ball by a thread; hence, to hold, or keep from falling or sinking, as if by hanging: as, solid particles suspended in a liquid. After III monethes do hem suspende, And right goode licoure of hem wol descende. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 90. A musquito-curtain is suspended over the bed by means eans of four strings, which are attached to nails in the wall. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 190. Milk of Magnesia is not a suspended Magnesia, but a pure Hydrated Oxide of Magnesium. Pop . Sci . News , XXIII., p. 5 of adv'ts. 2. To make to depend (on). God hath suspended the promise of eternal life upon this condition: that without obedience and holine of life no man shall ever see the Lord. Til lots on . This election involves all the questions of mere policy which are ever suspended on the choice of a president. R. Choate , Addre es, p. 334. 3. To cause to cease for a time; hinder from proceeding; interrupt; stay; delay: as, all busine was suspended. If it shall please you to suspend your indignation against my brother till you can derive from him better testimony of his intent, you shall run a certain course. Shak., Lear, i. 2. 86. Nature her self attentive Silence kept, And Motion seem'd suspended while she wept. Congreve, Tears of Amaryllis. 4. To hold undetermined; refrain from forming or or con concluding definitely: as, to suspend one's opinion. We should not be too hasty in believing the tale, but rather suspend our judgments till we know the truth. Latimer, Misc. Selections. pended over poles laid acro the pit, and they are moved daily from one to another of a series of four or six, this stage usually occupying about a week. a waverer. Encyc. Brit ., XIV. 384. I may adde thereunto - Or the cautelousnes of suspend ers and not forward concluders in these times. Bp . Mountagu , Appeal to Cæsar, ii. 5. suspens at i on (sus-pen-sa's hon), n. [ suspense + -ation.] A temporary ce ation. Imp . Dict . suspenset (sus-pens'), v . t . [L. suspens us , pp. of suspend ere , hang, suspend: see suspend .] To suspend. Stubbes , Anat. of Abuses (ed. 1836), p. 101. ( Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 226.) suspenset (sus-pens'), a . [OF. suspens = Sp. suspenso, Whenne thai rooteth, raise hem with thi hande, That thai suspense a partie so may stande. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 85. 2. Held in doubt or expectation; also, expre ing or proceeding from suspense or doubt. All Minds are suspense with expectation of a new A embly, and the A embly for a good space taken up with the new setling of it self. Milton , Free Commonwealth. Expectation held His looks suspense , awaiting who appear'd To second or oppose. Milton , P. L., ii. 418.