SUSPECT
\sˈʌspɛkt], \sˈʌspɛkt], \s_ˈʌ_s_p_ɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of SUSPECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
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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.
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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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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.
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To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
By Oddity Software
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To imagine to exist; to believe in the possible guilt of, without having proof; to doubt; mistrust.
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To imagine guilt, etc.; be suspicious.
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A person believed, but not proved, to be guilty of some crime.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To imagine to exist; mistrust; conjecture.
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To infer the guilt of (a person) on slight or no evidence; distrust.
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To be suspicious.
By James Champlin Fernald
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