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'spect

'spect is the alternative form of spect.

Meaning of spect

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) Aphetic form of expect.
    • "I's growing so big now, mamma," said she, coaxingly, "don't you spect I must have some tea?"1871, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple's Flyaway

Forms of 'spect

third-person singular present'spects
present participle'specting
past participle'spected
past'spected

Questions about 'spect

What is 'spect the alternative form of?
'spect is the alternative form of spect.

Words near 'spect in the dictionary

  1. 'simmons
  2. 'skimo
  3. 'skimos
  4. 'snails
  5. 'specially
  6. 'spect
  7. 'spectable
  8. 'spected
  9. 'specting
  10. 'spects
  11. 'spensive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'spect (page history and authors); spect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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