suspect
1. sus.pect \'s*s-.pekt, s*-'spekt\ aj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L suspectus, fr.
pp. of suspicere] : regarded with suspicion : SUSPECTED
2. sus.pect \'s*s-.pekt\ n : one who is suspected
3. sus.pect \s*-'spekt\ vb [ME suspecten, fr. L suspectare, fr. suspectus,
pp. of sus]picere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, fr. sub-, sus-
up, secretly + specere to look at - more at SUB-, SPY 1: to have doubts of
: DISTRUST 2: to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence
or without proof 3: to imagine to be or be true, likely, or probable :
SURMISE : to imagine something true or likely