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Webster 1913 Edition
Surmise
Sur-mise′
(sûr-mīz′)
, Noun.
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
From his
surmise
proved false. Milton.
No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small
surmises
. Swift.
2.
Reflection; thought.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Syn. – Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.
Sur-mise′
,Verb.
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.
It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew
That what before she but
That what before she but
surmised
, was true. Dryden.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Surmise
SURMISE
,Verb.
T.
It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew
That what before she but surmis'd, 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.