[sus.pect] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L suspectus, fr. pp. of suspicere] (14c) 1: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion: suspected "investigates ~ employees"
2: doubtful, questionable "whose skills are ~ --Peter Vecsey"
[2]sus.pect n (1591): one who is suspected; esp: one suspected of a crime [3]sus.pect vb [ME, fr. L suspectare, freq. of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, fr. sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere to look at--more at sub-, spy] vt (15c) 1: to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof "~ him of giving false information"
2: to have doubts of: distrust
3: to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable ~ vi: to imagine something to be true or likely