Conjecture /(; 135?)/
Con·jec·ture
Conjecture
n.
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An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature.
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.
Conjecture
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing
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To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
Conjecture
v. i.
- To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.