surmise
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See also surmisé
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
surmise (plural surmises)
- Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 32
- The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 32
- Reflection; thought; posit.
Translations [edit]
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence
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Reflection; thought; posit
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Verb [edit]
surmise (third-person singular simple present surmises, present participle surmising, simple past and past participle surmised)
- To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
Translations [edit]
to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises
External links [edit]
- surmise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- surmise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
surmise
- first-person singular present indicative of surmiser
- third-person singular present indicative of surmiser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of surmiser
- second-person singular imperative of surmiser
