v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [ Obs. or Low ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. suspecioun, OF. souspeçon, F. soupçon, L. suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L. suspicio mistrust, suspicion. See Suspect, and cf. Suspicious. ]
Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]