Suspect



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• v. 怀疑;n. 嫌疑犯;adj. 可疑的

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere
• Date: 14th century
• 1. regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion ; suspected <investigates suspect employees>
• 2. doubtful, questionable <whose skills are suspect — Peter Vecsey>

II. noun

• Date: 1591
• one that is suspected; especially a person suspected of a crime

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suspectare, frequentative of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere to look at — more at sub-, spy
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof <suspect him of giving false information>
  • 2. to have doubts of ; distrust <suspects her motives>
  • 3. to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable <I suspect he's right>
• intransitive verb
  • to imagine something to be true or likely

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