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A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held bef…

y inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. Dryden.

the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Secretary of…

Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

kshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. Dr. H. More.

y in all cases to the existing government. -- Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. -- Passive verb, or Passive voice (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect…

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Perpension. [Obs.]

scordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.

d with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw. -- Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, an inner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space, calle…

, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.

Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.

A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

der and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.