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Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T. Browne.

A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."

of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.

Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [Obs.] [The great light of day] suspense in heaven. Milton.

In suspense. [Obs.] Hales.

The quality or state of being suspensible.

Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." Beaumont. "A suspensive veto." Macaulay. The provisional and suspensive attitude. J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which…

A suspensory.

Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.

Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.

Indispensable.

Not dispensed.

Inexpensive. Milton.

A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accide…

To abandon. [Obs.] Enforced the kingdom to aband. Spenser.

To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.

Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.