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Keywords: Mistrust, Surmise, Imagine, Slight, Distruct

Related Terms: Proof, Certain, Corroborate, Corroboration, Demonstrate, Discredit, Disprove, Distrust, Doubt, Doubtful, Dubious, Fact, Justify, Manifest, Paranoia, Persuade, Persuasion, Preponderance, Presumption, Prima Facie, Prove, Prove, Rebut, Refutation, Scruple, Skepticism, Suppress, Sure, Surmise, Suspicion, Suspicious, Untrue, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, Standard Of Proof, Motive, Clear And Convincing Evidence, Probable Cause, Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, Circumstantial Evidence, Direct Evidence, Reasonable Doubt, Presumption Of Innocence, Corpus Delicti, Debunker, Preponderance Of Evidence, Rebuttable Presumption, Anecdotal Evidence, Indirect Proof, Accessory Before The Fact

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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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To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

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To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

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TAX: brings together various stories; use with INCREASE, DECREASE only after such has occurred TEACHER TECHNOLOGY: specific or general, includes all computer related stories, information superhighway, etc. TEEN: primarily social aspects, ages 13-19. TELEVISION: use with REVIEW, AWARD, INDUSTRY, etc.

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imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

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