Definition of suspect

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Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation..

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Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation..
Lynch :: Lynch (v. t.) To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law..
Suspectless :: Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..
Suspected :: Suspect (a.) One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime..
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
Simple-minded :: Simple-minded (a.) Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
Suspecting :: Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspec.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Suspectful :: Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
Surmiser :: Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess..
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
Fear :: Fear (n.) To suspect; to doubt.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
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