suspect

n. [ LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a. ] 1. Suspicion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

From her hand I could suspect no ill. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To look up to; to respect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be suspected. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Distrusted; doubted. -- Sus*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Sus*pect"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who suspects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. Milton. -- Sus*pect"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Suspicion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]