suspending

Verb

suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)

1. To halt something temporarily.
   • The meeting was suspended for lunch.
2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
   • suspending out judgement1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC
3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
   • to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
4. To hang freely; underhang.
   • to suspend a ball by a thread
5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
6. (obsolete) To make to depend.
   • God hath all along in the Scripture suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […]...

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