Inferring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infer \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,
     occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.
     inf['e]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]
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     1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.


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     2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to
        allege; to offer. [Obs.]
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              Full well hath Clifford played the orator,
              Inferring arguments of mighty force.  --Shak.
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     4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or
        surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a
        consequence, conclusion, or probability; as, I inferred
        his determination from his silence.
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              To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition
              laid down as true, to draw in another as true.
                                                    --Locke.
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              Such opportunities always infer obligations.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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     5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]
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              The first part is not the proof of the second, but
              rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the
              first.                                --Sir T. More.
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              This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inferring
       See {infer}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infer
       v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {deduce},
            {deduct}, {derive}]
       2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalize},
           {generalise}, {extrapolate}]
       3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: {deduce}]
       4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right
          number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: {guess}]
       5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
          experience?" [syn: {understand}]
       [also: {inferring}, {inferred}]