v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspected, suspicious. See Spy, and cf. Suspicion. ]
Suspect [ was ] his face, suspect his word also. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
What I can do or offer is suspect. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a. ]
So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
From her hand I could suspect no ill. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be suspected. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Distrusted; doubted. --
n. One who suspects. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious;
n. Suspicion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [ Obs. & R. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]