surmise
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sur·mise
(sər-mīz′)v. sur·mised, sur·mis·ing, sur·mis·es
v.tr.
1. To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess: "In another pocket he came across what he surmised in the dark were pennies, erroneously, however, as it turned out" (James Joyce).
2. To say (something) as a guess or conjecture.
v.intr.
To make a guess or conjecture.
n.
An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.
[Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre : sur-, sur- + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere).]
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surmise
vb
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to infer (something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence
n
an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence. Also (rare): surmisal
[C15: from Old French, from surmettre to accuse, from Latin supermittere to throw over, from super- + mittere to send]
surˈmisable adj
surˈmiser n
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sur•mise
(sərˈmaɪz; n. also ˈsɜr maɪz)v. -mised, -mis•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
v.i. 2. to conjecture or guess.
n. 3. an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely; conjecture.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French surmis(e), Middle French, n. use of past participle of surmettre < Medieval Latin supermittere to impute, surmise]
sur•mis′er, n.
syn: See guess.
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surmise
Past participle: surmised
Gerund: surmising
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| Noun | 1. |  surmise - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceopinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" divination - successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck |
| Verb | 1. | surmise - infer from incomplete evidence |
| 2. | surmise - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" |
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surmise
verb
1. guess, suppose, imagine, presume, consider, suspect, conclude, fancy, speculate, infer, deduce, come to the conclusion, conjecture, opine, hazard a guess He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
noun
1. guess, speculation, assumption, thought, idea, conclusion, notion, suspicion, hypothesis, deduction, inference, presumption, conjecture, supposition His surmise proved correct.
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surmise
verbTo draw an inference on the basis of inconclusive evidence or insufficient information:
A judgment, estimate, or opinion arrived at by guessing:
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