Definition of suspect

• a. - Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
• a. - Suspected; distrusted.
• a. - Suspicion.
• a. - One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
• v. t. - To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
• v. t. - To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
• v. t. - To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
• v. t. - To look up to; to respect.
• v. i. - To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.