Suspect /(?)/

1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]

   Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.

2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]

   What I can do or offer is suspect.

1. Suspicion. [Obs.]

   So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.

2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

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.

   From her hand I could suspect no ill.

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.
4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]

1. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

   If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.