Definition of suspect

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Suspect (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story..

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Suspect :: Suspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspec.
Suspectful :: Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
Suspended :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted.
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..
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To look up to; to respect.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
Suspecting :: Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspec.
Suspecter :: Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Gila Monster :: Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection..
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..
Surmiser :: Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess..
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine..
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