Surmising

2 definitions found

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

  Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surmised}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Surmising}.]
     To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight
     grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
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           It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew
           That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden.
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           This change was not wrought by altering the form or
           position of the earth, as was surmised by a very
           learned man, but by dissolving it.       --Woodward.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surmising \Sur*mis"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Surmise}, v.
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