n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' spekt
Function: 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 < suspect s 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