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▪ I. † spect, v.1 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. spect-āre to look.]
intr. To look or face in a specified direction.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xvi. 17 b, Ther is another port which specteth towards the North. Ibid. ii. vi. 35 The yle of Chio..lyeth in the sea Ionique specting Eastwardes.
▪ II. spect, v.2
Also spec, speck, 'spect, etc.
Repr. (chiefly U.S.) non-standard pronunc. of (I) expect or suspect.
1839F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Residence Georgian Plantation (1863) xii. 118 Good for colored folks, missis; me 'spect not good enough for white people. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 38, I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me. 1893H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 59 Speck (spec). Used by negroes for both expect and suspect. 1914‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xx. 182 'Spect's you wants yer breakfus'—same's me! 1927A. P. Randolph in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 200 What's th' matter wid you? 'Specks you got dat Randolph fever, too, eh? 1976Washington Post 7 Nov. k2/2 We'll teach them..how to say: I SPEC (as in ‘I spec I will do that.’). 1976C. Dexter Last seen Wearing xix. 151 ‘Has the wife got the chips on, Lewis?’ ‘I 'spect so.’ 1977F. Parrish Fire in Barley x. 106, I 'speck you want me to feed the zoo. |