Definition of "spect"

spect

verb
third-person singular simple present spects, present participle specting, simple past and past participle spected
1. (colloquial) expect
  Quotations
  "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
  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.
  1873, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories‎
  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."
  1922, Various, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921‎
  I'm comin' home, I know I'm overdueSpect me any day now real soon
  1962, “Comin' Home Baby”, in Comin' Home Baby!, performed by Mel Tormé
  With global warming, you may need sweat towels more than you currently 'spect.
  2002 September 6, Richard Meltzer, “Autumn Rhythm”, in Chicago Reader‎