suspect

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