Meaning of SUSPECT
| Pronunciation: | | [v]su'spekt, 'suspekt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- [n] someone who is under suspicion
- [adj] (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
- [v] regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- [v] imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
- [v] hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | defendant, distrust, fishy, funny, mistrust, queer, questionable, shady, surmise, suspicious |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | bank, complainant, plaintiff, rely, swear, trust | | |
| | See Also: | | accused, codefendant, co-defendant, disbelieve, discredit, doubt, guess, hazard, human, imagine, individual, litigant, litigator, mortal, murder suspect, opine, person, rape suspect, reckon, robbery suspect, somebody, someone, soul, suppose, think, venture | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Sus*pect"\, 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}.]
1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]
Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.
--Chaucer.
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.
4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.
\Sus*pect"\, v. i.
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be
suspicious.
If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
--Shak.
|
| |
|
|