SURMISE

surmise

Noun

  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    surmises of jealousy or of envy
  2. Reflection; thought; posit.

Verb

  1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.


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