2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]

What I can do or offer is suspect.

Milton.

Sus*pect", n. [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.] 1. Suspicion. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.

Fairfax.

2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; --

formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected

of crime. Bacon.

Sus*pect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.]

1. 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.

Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and

therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more.

Bacon.

From her hand I could suspect no ill.

Milton.

2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as,

to suspect one of equivocation.

3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to

suspect the truth of a story. Addison.

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