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Surmise   /sərmˈaɪz/   Listen
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Surmise  v. t.  (past & past part. surmised; pres. part. surmising)  To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. "It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true." "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."


noun
Surmise  n.  
1.
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmises of jealousy or of envy. "(We) double honor gain From his surmise proved false." "No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises."
2.
Reflection; thought. (Obs.)
Synonyms: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.





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"Surmise" Quotes from Famous Books



... been a depression of 2 or 3 feet here at one time and this depression may have been subsequently filled up by sediment. This conjecture could be easily tested by excavating a trench across the area between the wall and the houses, but in the absence of such an excavation the suggestion is a mere surmise. ...
— Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona • Cosmos Mindeleff
... day found us approaching the Lone City. We did not need to surmise now that Tao would be warned, for far away on the horizon ahead we saw the beams from his great projectors mounting up into the blackness of the sky. Some four miles from the Lone City the river we were ascending swept off to the right. This was its closest point ...
— The Fire People • Ray Cummings
... moment distracted by the footfall of men coming in haste up the path from my father's wharf. 'Twas not hard to surmise their errand. My sister sighed—I ran to the door—the doctor began at once to get into his boots and greatcoat. But, to our surprise, two deck-hands from the mail-boat pushed their way into the room. She had returned (said they) and was now waiting off the Gate. There ...
— Doctor Luke of the Labrador • Norman Duncan
... with unremembering ease To humbler heaven upon the mossy heaps. And here a warmer flow Urges thy melody, yet keeps The cool of bowers; as might a rose blush through Its unrelinquished dew; Or bounteous heart that knows not woe, Put on the robe of sighs, and fain Would hold in love's surmise a neighbour's pain. ...
— Path Flower and Other Verses • Olive T. Dargan
... is not at a certain woman's feet, she has joined herself with black Delrose, his enemy of years, is my surmise, and I think the denouement will ...
— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny


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