surmise
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmettre ("to accuse") from sur- ("upon") + mettre ("to put") from Latin mittere ("to send").
[edit] Pronunciation
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- (RP): IPA: /ˈsɜːmaɪz/
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- (RP): IPA: /sɜːˈmaɪz/
[edit] Noun
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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.
- Reflection; thought; posit.
[edit] Translations
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence
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Reflection; thought; posit
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[edit] Verb
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to 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.
[edit] Translations
to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises
[edit] External links
- surmise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- surmise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
