Meanings
- archaicnot comparableOf or relating to sucking.
This sugescent power is originated by the removal of atmospheric pressure […]
1826, Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science, volume 2, page 4622 more examples
It is probable that the utmost sugescent power of any of these causes, or all of them combined, in ordinary respiration is not sufficient to raise a column of blood of a single inch […]
1794, John Hunter, A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot WoundsNone of the animals, which are not deſigned for that nouriſhment [milk], ever offer to ſuck, or to ſeek out any ſuch food. What is the concluſion, but that the ſugeſcent parts of animals are fitted for their uſe, and the knowledge of that uſe put into them?
1802, William Paley, “Instincts”, in Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, London: […] [F]or R[obert] Faulder, […], by Wilks and Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 340
Origin
- Latinsugere“to suck”
- Englishsugescent
Latin sugere (“to suck”).
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