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suspecting
(encz) | suspecting,podezřívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Suspecting
(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.
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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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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
suspecting
(encz) | suspecting,podezřívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unsuspecting
(encz) | unsuspecting,důvěřivý Martin M.unsuspecting,nemající ponětí Martin M.unsuspecting,nemající tušení Martin M.unsuspecting,netušící nic Martin M. |
unsuspectingly
(encz) | unsuspectingly, |
Unsuspecting
(gcide) | Unsuspecting \Unsuspecting\
See suspecting. |
unsuspecting
(wn) | unsuspecting
adj 1: not suspicious; "deceiving the unsuspecting public" [syn:
unsuspecting, unsuspicious]
2: (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not
thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or
unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader" |
unsuspectingly
(wn) | unsuspectingly
adv 1: without suspicions; "he was sitting unsuspectingly beyond
that wall only a few yards from the burglar" |
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