[v. suh-spekt; n. suhs-pekt; adj. suhs-pekt, suh-spekt] 
| 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. |
| 5. | to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. |
| 6. | a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like. |
| 7. | suspected; open to or under suspicion. |
| un·sus·pect·ing (ŭn'sə-spěk'tĭng) adj. Not suspicious; trusting. un'sus·pect'ing·ly adv. |