John Edwards said that he was going to "suspend" his campaign for president. As a trial lawyer, he chooses words carefully. The following is the 2nd paragraph from an email he sent his supporters today:
"Earlier today, I suspended my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. I made this announcement from where our journey began just over 12 months ago: New Orleans."
Dictionary definition:
Main Entry: sus·pend
Function: verb
Pronunciation: s&-'spend
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French suspendre to hang up, interrupt, from Latin suspendere, from sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh
transitive senses
1 : to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function <suspend a student from school>
2 a : to cause to stop temporarily <suspend bus service> b : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative <suspend the rules>
3 : to defer to a later time on specified conditions <suspend sentence>
4 : to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information <suspend judgment> <suspend disbelief>
5 a : HANG ; especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support <suspend a ball by a thread> b : to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy) <dust suspended in the air>
6 a : to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation) b : to keep waiting in suspense or indecision
7 : to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord
intransitive senses
1 : to cease operation temporarily
2 : to stop payment or fail to meet obligations
Function: verb
Pronunciation: s&-'spend
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French suspendre to hang up, interrupt, from Latin suspendere, from sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh
transitive senses
1 : to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function <suspend a student from school>
2 a : to cause to stop temporarily <suspend bus service> b : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative <suspend the rules>
3 : to defer to a later time on specified conditions <suspend sentence>
4 : to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information <suspend judgment> <suspend disbelief>
5 a : HANG ; especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support <suspend a ball by a thread> b : to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy) <dust suspended in the air>
6 a : to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation) b : to keep waiting in suspense or indecision
7 : to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord
intransitive senses
1 : to cease operation temporarily
2 : to stop payment or fail to meet obligations
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