suspensive

Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsīvus. First attested in 1557. By surface analysis, suspense +‎ -ive.

• enPR: sə-spĕn′sĭv, IPA^(key): /səˈspɛn.sɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnsɪv
• Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧sive

suspensive (comparative more suspensive, superlative most suspensive)

1. (chiefly law) That suspends, temporarily stops.

   Effect of an appeal – In principle, an appeal has a suspensive effect (Art. 51(1) VRP). The term suspensive effect denotes the fact that the legal consequence prescribed by the ruling does not become effective until the conclusion of the appeal procedure.

2. Characterized by suspense; suspenseful.

• “suspensive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• IPA^(key): /sys.pɑ̃.siv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧sive

suspensive

1. feminine singular of suspensif

From suspēnsīvus + -ē.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊs.pẽːˈsiː.weː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sus.penˈsiː.ve]
• Hyphenation: sus‧pēn‧sī‧vē

suspēnsīvē (not comparable)

1. suspensively (in a suspensive manner)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊs.pẽːˈsiː.wɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sus.penˈsiː.ve]
• Hyphenation: sus‧pēn‧sī‧ve

suspēnsīve

1. vocative masculine singular of suspēnsīvus

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “suspensive”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• "SUSPENSIVE", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• suspensiue in Ramminger, Johann (11 May 2026 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016