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Conjecture

noun

1.

A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence). Synonym: speculation. "He dismissed it as mere conjecture"

2.

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise.

3.

Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence.

verb

(past & past part. conjectured; pres. part. conjecturing)

1.

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. Synonyms: hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize.

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"Conjecture" Quotes from Famous Books

... result merely because it removes difficulties or because it makes or rather leaves the poetry better; but I shall present—that the Sonnets contain direct testimony, testimony not leading to surmise or conjecture, but testimony which would authorize a judgment in a court of law, that the Sonnets were not written by Shakespeare, and that they very strongly indicate that Shakespeare was the friend or patron to whom so many of them ...

— Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems • Jesse Johnson

... The corpse was still by my side, and my newly awakened horror made me struggle to rise. I succeeded so far as to lean upon my arm, whereby I removed myself some space from the dead body. The rattling of the chains still continued, and I had the power of thinking so far, as to conjecture that efforts were being made to draw up the bell. But new incidents were now in progress. The air had revived Vanderhoek. I saw him stretching out his arms, as if to relieve his chest, which was heaving violently. ...

— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various

... for about a hundred miles, and the first landmark by which they were able to conjecture their position with any degree of confidence was an island about seventy miles in length, which they presumed to be Le Grande Isle.[5] They now knew that they were not a very great distance from the Missouri River, if their presumption was correct. They went on, ...

— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... sources of information, for the piece is given in one of Defoe's own collections of his works: "This defence of whiggish loyalty," says Scott, "seems to have been written by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, a conjecture which is strengthened by the frequent reference to his poem of the True-born Englishman."[197] He was not often so careless, but the rapidity and range of his work during these years undoubtedly gave occasion for more than one lapse of accuracy, while at the same time it perhaps increased ...

— Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature • Margaret Ball

... fled from the fury of the storm, or remained bodly at my post, as our gallant train-band captains, who march their soldiers through the rain without flinching, are points which I leave to the conjecture of the reader. It is possible he may be a little perplexed also to know the reason why I introduced this tremendous tempest to disturb the serenity of my work. On this latter point I will gratuitously ...

— Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Washington Irving

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