Definition for Suspect (-ed, -ing)

suspect (-ed, -ing), v. [L. 'to look up, admire, esteem, to look to, to see'.]

  1. Predict; guess; imagine; assume without certain evidence.
  2. Distrust; believe to be guilty; judge as having done wrong.
  3. Realize; understand; detect; notice a particular condition by perceiving slight evidence.

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