Suspect
Definition of Suspect
Sus`pect´ | a. | 1. | Suspicious; inspiring distrust.Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. - Chaucer. | | 2. | Suspected; distrusted.What I can do or offer is suspect. - Milton. | | n. | 1. | Suspicion. | | 2. | One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. | | v. t. | 1. | To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; - commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. From her hand I could suspect no ill. - Milton. | | 2. | To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. | | 3. | To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. | | 4. | To look up to; to respect. | | v. i. | 1. | To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. |
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