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suspecting |
1 definition 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.
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