Suspicion, sus-pish′un, n. act of suspecting: the imagining of something without evidence or on slender evidence: mistrust: (coll.) a slight quantity of, as of spirits.—adj. Suspi′cious, full of suspicion: showing suspicion: inclined to suspect: liable to suspicion, doubtful.—adv. Suspi′ciously.—n. Suspi′ciousness.
Suspire, sus-pīr′, v.i. to fetch a deep breath, to sigh, to breathe.—n. Suspirā′tion, act of sighing.—adj. Suspir′ious, sighing. [L. suspīrāre—sub, under, spirāre, to breathe.]
Sustain, sus-tān′, v.t. to hold up: to bear: to maintain: to relieve: to prove: to sanction: to prolong.—adjs. Sustain′able, that may be sustained; Sustained′, kept up at one uniform pitch.—ns. Sustain′er, one who, or that which, sustains; Sustain′ment, act of sustaining, sustenance; Sus′tenance, that which sustains: maintenance: provisions.—adj. Sustentac′ular, supporting, pertaining to a Sustentac′ulum, a support or sustaining tissue, esp. an inferior spine of the tarsus in spiders of the genus Epeira.—v.t. Sus′tentāte, to sustain.—n. Sustentā′tion, that which sustains: support: maintenance.—adj. Susten′tative, sustaining.—ns. Sus′tentātor, a sustaining part or structure; Susten′tion, the act of sustaining; Susten′tor, one of two posterior projections of a butterfly-chrysalis.—Sustentation Fund, the scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary contributions not local or congregational, but with a national altruism or solidarity paid into a great central fund, out of which equal stipends are paid to all alike. [L. sustinēre—sub, up, tenēre, to hold.]
Susurrant, sū-sur′ant, adj. murmuring, whispering.—n. Susurrā′tion, a soft murmur.—adv. Susur′ringly.—adj. Susur′rous, whispering, rustling.—n. Susur′rus, a soft murmuring, a whispering. [L. susurrāre, -ātum, to whisper.]
Sutile, sū′til, adj. done by stitching. [L. sutilis—suĕre, to sew.]
Sutler, sut′lėr, n. a person who follows an army and sells liquor or provisions: a camp-hawker.—n. Sut′lery, a sutler's work: a sutler's store.—adj. Sut′ling, pertaining to sutlers: engaged in the occupation of a sutler. [Old Dut. soetelaar, zoetelaar, a small trader—zoetelen, to do mean work; Low Ger. suddeln, to do dirty work.]
Sutor, sū′tor, n. a cobbler.—adj. Sutō′rial. [L.]
Sutra, sōōt′ra, n. in Sanskrit literature, the technical name of aphoristic rules, and of works consisting of such rules—the groundworks of the ritual, grammatical, metrical, and philosophical literature of India being written in this form.
Suttee, sut-tē′, n. a usage long prevalent in India, in accordance with which, on the death of her husband, the faithful widow burned herself on the funeral pyre along with her husband's body.—n. Suttee′ism, the practice of self-immolation among Hindu widows. [Sans. satí, a true wife.]
Suttle, sut′l, adj. light. [Subtle.]