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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Su-gĕs'cent, a. p. 1323Of, or relating to, sucking. [Rare.] Paley.Sug-gĕst', v. t. p. 1323To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of by the agency of other objects. Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To…Sug-gĕst', v. t. p. 1323To seduce; to tempt. And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.Sug-gĕst'er, n. p. 1323One who suggests.Sug-gĕs'tion, n. p. 1323The act of suggesting. 2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a diffident proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement. Why do I yield to that suggestion?…Sug-gĕst'ive, a. p. 1323Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.Sug-gĕst'ive-ly, adv. p. 1323In a suggestive manner; by way of suggestion.Sug-gĕst'ĭve-ness, n. p. 1323The state or quality of being suggestive.Sug-gĕst'ment, n. p. 1323Suggestion. [Rare.] They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment. Hare.Sug-gĕst'ress, n. p. 1323A female who suggests. “The suggestress of suicides.” De Quincey.Sŭg'gĭl, v. t. p. 1323To defame. [Obs.] Parker.Sŭg'gĭl-lāte, v. t. p. 1323To beat livid, or black and blue. [Obs.] Wiseman.Sŭg'gillā'tion, n. p. 1323A livid or black and blue mark; a blow; a bruise. [Obs.]Sūi-ĭ-cīd'ăl, a. p. 1323Partaking, or in the nature of, the crime of suicide.Sū'i-çīd'al-ly, adv. p. 1323In a suicidal manner.Sū'i-cīde, n. p. 1323The act of designedly destroying one's own life, committed by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind; self-murder. Blackstone. 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.Sū'i-cīd'ē-al, a. p. 1323Suicidal. [Obs.]Sŭi-ci-dĭsm, n. p. 1323The state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [Rare.]Sŭ'i-cĭsm, n. p. 1323Selfishness. [Obs.] Whitlock.Sū'il-lāge, n. p. 1323Drain of filth. [Obs.] Wotton.Sū'īl-līne, a. p. 1323Of, or pertaining to, the family of the hog, as the suilline quadrupeds.Sū'ting, n. p. 1323The process of soaking through any thing. [Obs.]Sū'ing-ly, adv. p. 1323With, or by means of, suing.Sū'ist, n. p. 1323One who seeks for things which merely gratify himself; a selfish person; a selfist. [Obs.]Sūit (sūt), n. p. 1323The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] 2. The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or object; attempt to attain a certain result; endeavor. Thenceforth…Sūit, v. t. p. 1323To fit; to adapt; to make proper; as, to suit the action to the word. 2. To be fitted to; to become. Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden. Raise her notes to that sublime degree…Sūit, v. i. p. 1323To agree; to accord; — usually followed by with or to. The place itself was suiting to his care. Dryden. Give me not an office That suits with me so ill. Addison. Syn.—To agree; accord; comport…Sūit'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1323The quality of being suitable.Sūit'a-ble, a. p. 1323Capable of suiting; likely to suit; fitting; accordant; agreeable; proper; becoming; as, ornaments suitable to one's character and station; language suitable to the subject. Syn.—Proper; fitting…Sūit'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1323The quality or condition of being suitable; fitness; propriety. Syn.—Fitness; propriety; agreeableness; correspondence; congruity; compatibility; consistency; consonance.Sūit'a-bly, adv. p. 1323In a suitable manner; fitly; agreeably; with propriety; as, words suitably applied.Suite, n. p. 1323The retinue or attendants of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. [See SUIT, n. 5.] 2. A connected series or succession, as of objects; a set; a series; a collection; as, a…Sūit'or, n. p. 1324One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak. 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. 3. (Law.)…Sūit'ress, n. p. 1324A female supplicant. Howe.Sŭl'cate or Sŭl'cā-ted, a. p. 1324(Nat. Hist.) Scored with deep, broad channels longitudinally; furrowed; grooved; as, a sulcated stem.Sul-cā'tion, n. p. 1324A channel or furrow on the surface of a body.Sūlk, v. i. p. 1324To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. [Obs.]Sŭlk'ĭ-ly, adv. p. 1324In a sulky manner; sullenly; morosely.Sŭlk'i-ness, n. p. 1324The state or quality of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness.Sūlks, n. pl. p. 1324The quality or condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor. To be in the sulks, to be sulky or discontented and sullen.Sŭlk'y, a. p. 1324Sullen; sour; obstinate; morose.Sŭlk'y, n. p. 1324A two-wheeled carriage for a single person.Sūll, n. p. 1324[A-S. suluh, sulh, sulg, sul, sulh, sylh, sylg, syl, a plow, M. H. Ger. suole,Sūl'lage, n. p. 1324A drain of filth, or filth collected from the street or highway. The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. Evelyn. 2. That which…Sŭl'len, a. p. 1324Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. “Night with her sullen wings.” Milton. Solemn hymns to sullen dirges change. Shak. 2. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.…Sŭl'len, v. t. p. 1324To make sullen, or morose and silent. [Obs.] “Sullens the whole body with an ill-disturbing laziness.” Feltham.Sūl'len, n. p. 1324One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. 2. (pl.) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. [Obs.] Shak.Sŭl'len-ly, adv. p. 1324In a sullen manner; gloomily; obstinately; intractably; with moroseness.Sŭl'len-ness, n. p. 1324The state or quality of being sullen; ill nature with silence; silent moroseness; gloominess; obstinacy; intractableness. Syn. — Moroseness; gloominess; malignity; intractableness; intractability…Sŭb'le-vāte, v. t. p. 1324To raise into enmity; to excite, as to sedition. [Obs.]Sŭl'li-age, n. p. 1324Foulness; filth. [Obs.] See SULLAGE.Sŭl'ly, v. t. p. 1324To soil; to dirt; to spot; to tarnish. “Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.” Roscommon. 2. To tarnish; to darken. Let there be no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.…Sūl'ly, v. i. p. 1324To be soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.Sŭl'ly, n. p. 1324Soil; tarnish; spot. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies on his reputation. Spectator.Sūlph'āc-id, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A sulphur acid.Sūl'phate, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A salt formed by sulphuric acid in combination with any base; as, sulphate of lime.Sul-phāt'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.Sŭl'phīde, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound of sulphur with another element, or with a body which may take the place of an element; a sulphuret. Double sulphide, a compound of two sulphides. — Metallic sulphide, a compound…Sŭl'phi-on, n. p. 1324(Chem.) An hypothetical body consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and four equivalents of oxygen;—so called in reference to the binary theory of salts. Graham.Sul-phi'on-ide, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound of sulphion with a metal, or with a body performing the function of a metal;—so called in reference to the binary theory of salts. Graham.