sugescentadj.
/s(j)uːˈdʒɛsənt/ rare.
Misused for: Pertaining to or adapted for sucking.
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sugescent1802
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xviii. 340 The sugescent parts of animals.
1844 Plummer in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 46 243 The pig [appeared] to be master of the sugescent art.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1802- to hold company
- to hold down
- to hold down a claim
- to hold etc price of
- to hold etc price upon
- to hold faith
- to hold feu
- to hold firm
- to hold firm to
- to hold foot with
- to hold forth
- to hold friends with
- to hold give no tale of
- to hold good
- to hold great price of
- to hold great price upon
- to hold guns
- to hold hand
- to hold hard
- to hold high state
- to hold house
- to hold in
- to hold in a great suspense
- to hold in abomination
- to make her point