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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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