[sus.pend] vb [ME, fr. OF suspendre to hang up, interrupt, fr. L suspendere, fr. sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh] vt (14c) 1: to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function "~ a student from school"
2. a: to cause to stop temporarily "~ bus service" b: to set aside or make temporarily inoperative "~ the rules"
3: to defer to a later time on specified conditions "~ sentence"
4: to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information "~ judgment" "~ disbelief"
5. a: hang; esp: to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support "~ a ball by a thread" b: to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy) "dust ~ed in the air"
6. a: to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation) b: to keep waiting in suspense or indecision 7: to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord ~ vi 1: to cease operation temporarily
2: to stop payment or fail to meet obligations
3: hang syn see defer