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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Simple-minded :: Simple-minded (a.) Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
Fear :: Fear (n.) To suspect; to doubt.
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..
Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..
Suspicious :: Suspicion (v. t.) To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
Suspected :: Suspectable (a.) That may be suspected.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspicion.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) 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..
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
Suspectful :: Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
Suspectless :: Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Unsuspicion :: Unsuspicion (n.) The quality or state of being unsuspecting.
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..
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..
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