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   Suspect , 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.]
   Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]
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   Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]
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   What I can do or offer is suspect.
   Milton.
   
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   Suspect, n. [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.]
   Suspicion. [Obs.]
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   So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.
   Fairfax.
   
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   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.
   
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   Suspect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.]
   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.
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   Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more.
   Bacon.
   
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   From her hand I could suspect no ill.
   Milton.
   
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   To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
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   To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
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   To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
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   Syn. -- To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.
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   Suspect, v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
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   If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
   Shak.
   
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