Definition of suspect

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Suspect (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

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Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
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.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Suspectable :: Suspect (v. i.) To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
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..
Suspecter :: Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted.
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.
Suspended :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted.
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..
Surmiser :: Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess..
Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or � ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..
Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Jealous :: "Jealous (a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover..
Suspecting :: Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspec.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Suspection :: Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others..
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..
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
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