Middle English Dictionary Entry

suspenden v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To hang (sth.), hang up; ~ from, support (the dura mater) by attachments from (the cranium); ppl. suspended, suspended (from a mast) so as to swing freely; (b) ~ in the cros, to hang (sb.) on a cross, crucify.
2.
(a) To place (a cleric, church, etc.) under ecclesiastical suspension, interdict (sb., a nation), prohibit use of (a place) for sacramental purposes; excommunicate (sb.); debar (a priest, friar, etc.) from performing his office; also, bar (Jesus) from the synagogue; ~ from (of), suspend (a cleric) from (his order, office, the singing of Mass, etc.); ~ of cristendom, excommunicate (sb.); (b) to debar (sb.) temporarily (from participating in an activity, from a place, etc.); also, put off temporarily (the celebration of a betrothal, marriage), postpone, defer; ~ oute of pre-sence, banish (sb.) temporarily from (one's) presence; (c) ~ of, to remove (sb.) from (civil office), put (sb.) out of (an occupation); (d) to set aside (a law); put a stop to (an act, a practice, etc.); bring about the cessation of (ecclesiastical prerogative); also, revoke (someone's authority); -- used in fig. context [last quot.]; alch. counteract (sth.); with the belle suspended, omitting use of the bell; (e) to deprive (sb. of sth.); ~ from, refl. sever oneself from (sth.), give up (sth.); ~ up, lose (one's power); (f) to be in abeyance [last quot.]; also, put (one's rational capacity) in abeyance; relinquish (the use of one's divine power); (g) ~ to, to cause (the will) to be fixed on (sth.), affix to.