n. The act of appending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To grant an outpension to. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution. -- Out"pen`sion*er, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend&unr_;re to hang. See Pendant, and cf. Spend. ] 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; also, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all that kept the city pensions and wages. 1 Esd. iv. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes. [ Eng. ] Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F., pronounced ] A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pensioned p. pr. & vb. n. Pensioning. ] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Entitled to receive a pension; as, a pensionable employee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pensionaries [ Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner. ] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf. Pensionary, n. ] In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Perpend. ] Careful consideration; pondering. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propensio: cf. F. propension. See Propend, Propense. ] The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your full consent
Gave wings to my propension. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend. ] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation; as: (a) Of labor, study, pain, etc. (b) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced. (c) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank. (d) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment. (e) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman. (f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. --
Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. --
Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. --
Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. --
Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Delay; interruption; intermission; stop. [ 1913 Webster ]