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.
Mistrust :: Mistrust (v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
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..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Suspectful :: Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Credulous :: Credulous (a.) Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Surmiser :: Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess..
Suspended :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted.
Suspecter :: Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; 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..
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspicion.
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Trusting :: Trusting (a.) Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
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..
Suspecting :: Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspec.
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