Definition of suspect

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Suspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspec.

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Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
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..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Credulous :: Credulous (a.) Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Suspectless :: Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Fear :: Fear (n.) To suspect; to doubt.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
Suspecter :: Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
Suspect :: Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
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..
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..
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..
Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story..
Suspection :: Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others..
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