'Suspected' definitions:
Definition of 'suspected'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection" [ant: unsuspected]
Definition of 'Suspected'
From: GCIDE
- Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a. Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suspected'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. [1913 Webster]