suspicion, suspecion, suspicioun, #suspition

[O. Fr. suspezion, souspeçon (Fr. soupçon ), from Lat. suspicionem, acc us. of suspicio = suspicion.] [SUSPECT.] *1. Regard, consideration, thought. "Cordelia, out of mere love, without the suspicion of extre , pours forth these filial tears." -Milton: History pected reward, the me age her father in dis Eng . , bk. i. 2. The act or feeling of one who suspects; the sentiment or pa ion which is excited by apprehension or signs of evil, harm, danger, or the like, without absolute proof; the imagination of the existence of something, especially something wrong, hurtful, or dangerous, with slight proof or grounds, or without any proof or grounds. "Suspicious among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight." - Bacon : E ays; Of Suspicion. Suspicion is the offspring of fear, and is exceedingly prevalent among wild animals. ( Dar win .) 3. A very slight amount or degree. (Used, like the French soupçon from which this meaning is probably taken, of material and immaterial things.) "With just a suspicion of Irish brogue that only serves to increase the interest of her piquancy and fun." London Daily Telegraph . *sus-pi-cion, v . t . [SUSPICION, 8.] To view with suspicion; to suspect, to mistrust, to doubt. sus-pi-cio us, *sus-pe-cio us, *sus-pi-tious, a. [Lat. suspiciosus .] [SUSPICION.] 1. Inclined to suspect; apt to imagine without proof. "Stern was her Lord's supicious mind." Scott: Lord of the Isles, iv. 8. 2. Indicating fear, suspicion, or mistrust. "A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces; we have a suspicious , fearful, constrained countenance, often turning and slinking through narrow lanes."- Swift . IMG:content-0643.png:[graphic] "The truth of her condition hardly knows, But in suspensive thought awhile doth hover." Beaumont: Psyche. 2. Having the power or effect of suspending or causing something temporarily to cease from effect or operation. "We are not to be allowed even a suspensive veto."Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxv. *3. Doubtful. "These few of the lords were suspensive in their judgment." - Hacket : Life of Archbishop Williams , p. 139. sŭs-pěn'-sõr, s . [Eng. suspens (e); -or .] I. Ord . Lang .: Something which suspends. II. Technically : 1. Anat .: The longitudinal ligament of the liver. 2. Bot .: A very delicate thread descending from the foramen of an ovule into the quintine, and bearing at its extremity a globule which is the nascent embryo. It develops from the upper of two cells in a fertilized ovule, of which the lower one becomes the embryo. The suspensor is sometimes long, as in Boraginacese, Cruciferæ, ., or short as in Graminacese, Polygon aceæ, . Called also the Suspensory cord, the Pro-embryo, and by Dutrochet the Hypostasis. 3. Surg.: A suspensory-bandage (q. v.). sŭs-pěn'-sõr-y, a. & 8. [Fr. suspensoire.] A. As adjective: 1. Suspended, hanging, depending. 2. That suspends; suspending. "There are several parts peculiar to brutes which are wanting in man, as the seventh or suspensory muscle of the eye." -Ray : On the Creation. 3. Suspending; causing something to cease temporarily from effect or operation. "Mr. Parnell can hardly anticipate the enactment of his suspensory proposal."-London Daily Telegraph. B. As subst.: The same as SUSPENSOR (q. v.). suspensory-bandage, s. Surg.: A bag attached to a strap or belt, and used to support the scrotum, that the weight of the testes may not draw upon the spermatic cord. *sus-pic-a-bil-1-ty, s. [Eng. suspicable ; -ity.] The quality or state of being suspicable; suspiciousne . (More: Mystery of Godline , p. 151.) *sus-pic-a-ble, a. [Lat. suspicabilis , from sus pic or to suspect (q. v.).] Liable or open to suspicion; suspicious. "But it is a very suspicable busine that he means no more then empty space by it."-More: Defense of the Moral Cabbala. (App.) *sus-pic-ien-çỹ (cas sh, s .) [SUSPICION.] Suspiciousne , suspicion. "Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make people of merit suspicious of each other."- Pope . ( Todd .) 4. Exciting or liable to excite suspicion; apt to cause suspicion; giving reason or grounds to suspect or imagine ill. "A black, suspicious , threatening cloud." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . III . , v. 3. sus-pi-cio us-ly, adv . [Eng. suspicious ; -ly.] 1. In a suspicious manner; with suspicion. "I talked in the matter so suspiciously , as though such an invasion had been made." - Burnet Records , pt. ii., bk. i., No. 39. 2. So as to raise suspicion. "These articles are managed too suspiciously."-Bp. Taylor: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 21.