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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suspect \Sus*pect"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, adjective Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
suspected
adjective: believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection" [ant: {unsuspected}]
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