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suspensive


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suspensive  \Sus*pen"sive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  suspensif  See  {Suspend}.] 
  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  the  contract 
  can  not  be  completed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suspensive 
  adj  1:  of  a  situation;  characterized  by  or  causing  suspense  [syn: 
  {cliff-hanging},  {suspenseful}] 
  2:  undecided  or  characterized  by  indecisiveness 




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