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sus·pect
I. \(ˈ)sə|spekt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to suspect — more at suspect IV
1. : regarded with suspicion : distrusted, suspected
< the suspect drugs were removed from the market — Vivian Boardman >
< religion has been academically suspect — George Hedley >
< the idea of independence was suspect — E.S.Atiyah >
2. : having the nature or status of a suspicious person or thing : provocative or worthy of suspicion : suspicious
< hold one suspect until his innocence is proved >
< treat all innovation as suspect — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
< he has been suspect to many members of his own party — Time >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
: one who is suspected; especially : one suspected of a crime or of being infected
< question a murder suspect >
< examine a tuberculous suspect >
III. \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin suspectus act of suspecting, from Latin, act of looking up at, from suspectus, past participle of suspicere to look up at, suspect
archaic : the act of suspecting or the condition of being suspected : suspicion, apprehension
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English suspecten, from Latin suspectare, intens. of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub- from below, up + specere to look, look at — more at sub-, spy
transitive verb
1. : to have doubts of : be dubious or suspicious about : distrust
< suspects the motives of the salesman of goods or of ideas — Louis Wirth >
< suspect loud, unaccustomed noises as possible sources of danger — Elaine W. Gould >
2. : to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof
< suspect one of a theft >
< suspect one of giving false information >
< no one had hitherto suspected him of statecraft — John Buchan >
3. : to imagine to be or be true, likely, or probable : have a suspicion, intimation, or inkling, of : surmise
< we never suspect the disease because the attack amounts to nothing more than a bad headache — Monsanto Magazine >
< when I know that he is honest and suspect that he is right — H.L.Mencken >
< detective stories, which, however bad, I always enjoy since I never suspect the solution — H.J.Laski >
4. obsolete
a. : to expect with dread : have an apprehension of
b. : respect, note, heed
intransitive verb
: to imagine something to be true or likely : be suspicious |