Surmise definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SURMISE, v.t. surmi'ze. To suspect; to imagine without certain ... jealousy or of envy. We double honor gain From his surmise prov'd false. No man ought to be charged with ... an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] v 1: infer from incomplete evidence 2 ... fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English, allegation, charge ... transitive verb (surmised; surmising) Etymology: Middle English, to allege, from surmise, noun Date: 1700 to form a notion of from ...
... fact, or on slight evidence; preponderance of opinion without proof; surmise. We speak of future or unknown things by conjecture, and ... an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 3: reasoning that involves the formation of ... from defective or presumptive evidence b. a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork c. a proposition (as in mathematics) before it ... or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first ... arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason ... Conjecture Con*jec"ture, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to ...
... an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 2: an estimate based on little or ... guessable adjective • guesser noun II. noun Date: 14th century conjecture, surmise Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often absol ... I guess The labor greater. --Pope. Syn: To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think; imagine; fancy. Usage: To Guess, Think, Reckon ... upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise. A poet must confess His art 's like physic -- but ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Conjecture, divine, surmise, suspect, mistrust, judge at random, judge with uncertainty. 2. Find ... dare say, venture to say. II. v. n. Conjecture, divine, surmise, suspect, mistrust. III. n. Conjecture, surmise, supposition. Moby Thesaurus ...
... fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise] 2: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith ... often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to ... look up to; to respect. [Obs.] Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suspect Sus*pect", a. [L ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think. 2. Distrust, mistrust ... shady, shaky, smell a rat, speculative, staggering belief, suppose, suppositional, surmise, suspected, suspicion, suspicious, take, take for, take for granted, take ...
... Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (divines, divining, divined) 1. You use ... a. 1. Predict, foretell, presage, prognosticate, vaticinate, prophesy. 2. Conjecture, surmise, guess. IV. v. n. 1. Vaticinate, prophesy, play the prophet, utter presages. 2. Conjecture, guess, fancy, surmise, suspect, think, believe. Moby Thesaurus Christlike, Christly, DD, Doctor of ... superior, superlative, supernatural, superphysical, supply clergy, supply minister, suppose, supreme, surmise, suspect, swell, take, take for, take for granted, take it ...
... an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 2: a hypothesis that is taken for ... is not proved. 2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. This is only an ... inaccuracy. [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Surmise, conjecture, presumption. 2. Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position. 3. Doubt, uncertainty ... of postulates, speculation, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, supposal, suppose, supposing, surmise, symbolism, theory, thesis, thought, tinge, touch, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, working ...
... and infer fire — L. A. White > — compare imply 2. guess, surmise < your letter…allows me to infer that you are as ... if the evidence is slight, the term comes close to surmise < from that remark, I inferred that they knew each other ... To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a ... accept, rationalize, reason, reason that, reckon, repute, say, suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, syllogize, synthesize, take, take as proved, take for, take ...
... truth, validity, or effectiveness of < mistrusted his own judgment > 3. surmise < your mind mistrusted there was something wrong — Robert Frost > intransitive ... 2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers ... Distrust, doubt, suspect, be suspicious of. 2. Fear, apprehend, suspect, surmise. Moby Thesaurus Pyrrhonism, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt, be diffident ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRESURMISE, n. presurmi'ze. [pre and surmise.] A surmise previously formed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Presurmise Pre`sur*mise", n. A surmise previously formed. --Shak.
... upon slight evidence. SURMI'SING, n. The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Timothy 6. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Surmise Sur*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr ... s 1913 Dictionary Surmising Sur*mis"ing, a. & n. from Surmise, v.
... presumption. 2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (presuppositions) A presupposition is something that ... statement, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, sumption, supposal, suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, symbolism, theorem, thesis, think, tinge, touch, truth table, truth-function ...
... of English Synonyms I. v. n. 1. Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe, assume, apprehend, anticipate. 2. Venture, make bold. II. v ... assured, ridicule, say, set down as, speculate, subsume, suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take in, take ...
... of English Synonyms v. a. Imply as antecedent, assume, presume, surmise, suppose, take for granted. Moby Thesaurus affect, allegorize, allude to ... presurmise, provisionally accept, reckon, repute, require, say, subsume, suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take in, take ...
... country. Acts 27. 2. To estimate. DEEM, n. Opinion; judgment; surmise. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: keep in mind ... accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, sense, set down as, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion, take, take for, take for granted, take it ...