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suspensive

[ suh-spen-siv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by suspension.
  2. undecided in mind.
  3. pertaining to or characterized by suspense.
  4. (of words, phrases, etc.) characterized by or expressing suspense; keeping the reader or listener in suspense.
  5. having the effect of suspending the operation of something.


suspensive

/ səˈspɛnsɪv /

adjective

  1. having the power of deferment; effecting suspension
  2. causing, characterized by, or relating to suspense
  3. inclined to defer judgment; undecided
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • susˈpensively, adverb
  • susˈpensiveness, noun
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Other Words From

  • sus·pensive·ly adverb
  • sus·pensive·ness noun
  • nonsus·pensive adjective
  • nonsus·pensive·ly adverb
  • nonsus·pensive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suspensive1

1540–50; < Medieval Latin suspēnsīvus, equivalent to suspēns ( us ) ( suspense ) + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences

Note the suspensive intense rise upon “heaven” and the falling on “hell.”

The Ministers themselves were unable to insist on the absolute veto in preference to the suspensive thus defined.

They resolved, on September 21, that the suspensive veto should extend over two legislatures.

The fifth attitude serves as a preparation for oblique steps; it is also colorless, transitive, suspensive.

Metrical students will delight in the double rhymes of the octave, which play so great a part in the suspensive music.

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