'spect

See also: spect and SPECT

English

Verb

'spect (third-person singular simple present 'spects, present participle 'specting, simple past and past participle 'spected)

  1. Alternative form of spect (“expect”).
    • 1873, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories‎[1]:
      Looks like rain, Elder; I 'spect she'll have to go over with me arter all," said George Thayer, the handsomest, best-natured stage-driver in the whole State of New Hampshire.
    • 1922, Various, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921‎[2]:
      We didn' 'spect Marse Wes to bring home a wife whenas he lef', but that ain' no sign that it ain' a mighty fine thing."
    • 2002 September 6, Richard Meltzer, “Autumn Rhythm”, in Chicago Reader‎[3]:
      With global warming, you may need sweat towels more than you currently 'spect.
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