English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Suffix (n.)

A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.

Suffix (v. t.)

To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Suffixed (imp. & p. p.)

of Suffix

Suffixing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Suffix

Suffixion (n.)

The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.

Suffixment (n.)

Suffixion.

Sufflaminate (v. t.)

To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise.

Sufflaminate (v. t.)

Hence, to stop; to impede.

Sufflate (v. t.)

To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.

Sufflation (n.)

The act of blowing up or inflating.

Suffocate (a.)

Suffocated; choked.

Suffocate (v. t.)

To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

Suffocate (v. t.)

To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suffocate (v. i.)

To become choked, stifled, or smothered.

Suffocated (imp. & p. p.)

of Suffocate

Suffocating (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Suffocate

Suffocating

a. & n. from Suffocate, v.

Suffocation (n.)

The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

Suffocative (a.)

Tending or able to choke or stifle.

Suffossion (n.)

A digging under; an undermining.