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- Walt Whitman

THROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all,

Rocks, woods, fort, cannon, pacing sentries, endless wilds,

In dulcet streams, in flutes’ and cornets’ notes,

Electric, pensive, turbulent artificial,

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verb

To deceive or delude (using guile).

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suspended

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/səˈspɛndɪd/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓

To halt something temporarily.

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The meeting was suspended for lunch.

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