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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SUSPENSE, n. suspens'. [L. suspensus.] A state of uncertainty; indetermination; indecision. A man's mind is in suspense, when it is balancing the weight of different arguments or considerations, or when it is uncertain respecting facts unknown, or events not in his own power.
SUSPENSE, a. suspens'. Held from proceeding. [Little used.]
Held or lifted up; held or prevented from
proceeding.
[Obs.]
[The great light of day] suspense in heaven. Milton. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or
doubt.
[Obs.] "Expectation held his look suspense."
Milton. The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of
uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension;
indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person
waiting for the verdict of a jury.
Ten days the prophet in suspense remained. Denham. Upon the ticklish balance of suspense. Cowper. Cessation for a time; stop;
pause.
A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain. Pope. A
temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or
other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and
rent.
Suspense account (Bookkeeping), an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined. | ||||||||