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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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..
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..
Trusting :: Trusting (a.) Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.
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..
Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
Suspected :: Suspect (a.) One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime..
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..
Simple-minded :: Simple-minded (a.) Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
Suspectiousness :: Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Suspection :: Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
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.) Suspected; distrusted.
Suspectable :: Suspect (v. i.) To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
Unsuspicion :: Unsuspicion (n.) The quality or state of being unsuspecting.
Suspectless :: Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
Suspicious :: Suspicion (v. t.) To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
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