3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a.
Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv --
{Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
suspected
adj : believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected
infection" [ant: {unsuspected}]
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