Meaning & use
Spect
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An informal, dialectal clipping of 'expect' or 'suspect,' meaning to think something is likely true.
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I spect it'll rain before the day's out.
'You comin' to the fair?' 'Spect so.'
A note on using this word
Common in older Southern American and rural British dialect writing, where it represents casual, dropped-syllable speech.
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