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suspence (countable and uncountable, plural suspences)

  1. Obsolete spelling of suspense
    • 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter IX, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. [], volume III, London: [] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, [], →OCLC, page 127:
      Strehlina too⸺suspence was unbearable to Holstein, and, with all the exertion he was able to put to trial, he endeavoured to follow the Baron.