[ɪnˈfəː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
(e.g: it is possible to infer a trend from the figures)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘bring about, inflict’): from Latin inferre ‘bring in, bring about’ (in medieval Latin ‘deduce’), from in- ‘into’ + ferre ‘bring’