Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Sospénd-ere, v. a. (V. pendere,)
1. to suspend, hang up; 2. to raise on high; 3. to keep in suspense; 4. to suspend, supersede, put off, delay;5. to prohibit; 6. to render doubtful;7. to forbid the performance of mass (by way of punishment for priests). — l'armi, to make a truce; s. m. Sospénd-itóre, f. Sospénd-itríce; adj. Sospénd-énte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
sospendere: to hang vp or vnder. Also to sulpend, to delay, to hang in doubt, to keepe in suspence.