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spected

spected is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about spected

What is spected the simple past and past participle of?
Spected is the simple past and past participle of spect.

Words near spected in the dictionary

  1. spectatours
  2. spectatress
  3. spectatresses
  4. spectatrix
  5. spectatrixes
  6. spected
  7. specter
  8. specter at the feast
  9. specter bat
  10. specter bats
  11. specter of the Brocken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spected (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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