Definition of suspect

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Suspect (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

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Mistrust :: Mistrust (v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation..
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..
Simple-minded :: Simple-minded (a.) Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Suspicious :: Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
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..
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..
Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story..
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Suspended :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted.
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..
Suspectful :: Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
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..
Suspicion :: Suspicion (n.) The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence..
Suspectless :: Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
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..
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