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Webster 1913 Edition

(sûr-mīz′al)

Noun.

Surmise.

[R.]

Milton.

Noun.

Surmise. [Not in use.]

surmisal ‎(plural surmisals)

surmise
- Milton
  Lest it should still be imputed to me, as I have found it hath been, that some self-pleasing humour of vain-glory hath incited me to contest with men of high estimation, now while green years are upon my head; from this needless surmisal I shall hope to dissuade the intelligent and equal auditor […]