Found 3 items, similar to surmise.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: surmise
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: surmise
surmise
n : a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
[syn:
guess,
conjecture,
supposition,
surmisal,
speculation,
hypothesis]
v 1: infer from incomplete evidence
2: imagine to be the case or true or probable;
“I suspect he is
a fugitive”;
“I surmised that the butler did it” [syn:
suspect]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Surmise
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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Surmise
\Sur*mise"\, n. [OF. surmise accusation, fr. surmettre,
p. p. surmis, to impose, accuse; sur (see
Sur-) + mettre to
put, set, L. mittere to send. See
Mission.]
1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon
feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the
surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
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[We] double honor gain
From his surmise proved false. --Milton.
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No man ought to be charged with principles he
actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict
his profession; not upon small surmises. --Swift.
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2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.
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