suspect

1. (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.Examples: "to suspect the presence of disease"; "From her hand I could suspect no ill."; "Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected."Synonyms: imagine, suppose, thinktransitive

2. (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).Examples: "to suspect the truth of a story"; "An inhabitant of Gubio, in the duchy of Urbino, in Italy, suspecting the fidelity of his wife, he, in a fit of jealousy, in order to find out whether his suspicion was true, did what the ecclesiastick history informs us Origen did from devotion."Synonyms: distrust, doubttransitive

3. (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.Examples: "I suspect him of being the thief."Synonyms: accuse, point the finger attransitive

4. (intransitive) To have suspicion.intransitive

5. (transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.obsoletetransitive