Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
believed likely;
- Example: "a suspected thief"- Example: "a suspected infection"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a.
Distrusted; doubted. -- Sus*pect"ed*ly, adv. --
Sus*pect"ed*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Suspecting.]
1. 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.
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Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know
little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by
procuring to know more. --Bacon.
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From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton.
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2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without
proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
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3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison.
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4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
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Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suspected
adj 1: believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected
infection" [ant: unsuspected]