— suspectible , adj.
v. /seuh spekt"/ ; n. /sus"pekt/ ; adj. /sus"pekt, seuh spekt"/ , v.t.
1. to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
2. to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives.
3. to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise: I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much.
4. to have some hint or foreknowledge of: I think she suspected the surprise.
v.i.
5. to believe something, esp. something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion.
n.
6. a person who is suspected, esp. one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
adj.
7. suspected; open to or under suspicion.
[ 1250-1300; ME (adj.) suspectare, equiv. to su- SU- + spectare, freq. of specere to look at ]
Syn. 3. guess, conjecture, suppose.