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sus⋅pect
[v. suh-spekt; n. suhs-pekt; adj. suhs-pekt, suh-spekt]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. |
| 2. | to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives. |
| 3. | to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise: I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much. |
| 4. | to have some hint or foreknowledge of: I think she suspected the surprise. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. |
–noun
| 6. | a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like. |
–adjective
| 7. | suspected; open to or under suspicion. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (adj.) < L suspectāre, equiv. to su- su- + spectāre, freq. of specere to look at
1250–1300; ME (adj.) < L suspectāre, equiv. to su- su- + spectāre, freq. of specere to look at

Related forms:
sus⋅pect⋅i⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
3. guess, conjecture, suppose.
3. guess, conjecture, suppose.
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Suspect
Sus*pect"\, a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspected, suspicious. See Spy, and cf. Suspicion.]1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.] Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. --Chaucer. 2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.] What I can do or offer is suspect. --Milton.Suspect
Sus*pect"\, n. [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]1. Suspicion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. --Fairfax. 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. --Bacon.Suspect
Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.]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. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. 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. --Addison. 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.Suspect
Sus*pect"\, v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : suspect
Spanish:
sospechar (de),
German:
verdächtigen,
Japanese:
怪しむ
suspect (adj.)
1340, from O.Fr. suspect "suspicious," from L. suspectus "suspected, suspicious," pp. of suspicere "look up at, mistrust, suspect," from sub "up to" + specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). The notion is of "look at secretly," hence, "look at distrustfully." The verb is attested from 1483; the noun meaning "a suspected person" is first recorded 1591.
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Main Entry: sus·pect
Pronunciation: 's&s-"pekt, s&-'spekt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub- sus- up, secretly + specere to look at
: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened scrutiny
Main Entry: sus·pect
Pronunciation: 's&s-"pekt
Function: noun
: a person suspected of a crime; also : a person apprehended for but not yet charged with an offense
Main Entry: sus·pect
Pronunciation: s&-'spekt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to imagine (one) to be guilty on slight evidence or without proof
2 : to imagine to exist or be probable
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