conjecture
noun
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
has conjectured
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present perfectof conjecture (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mr Winter Jones has conjectured that the metal types used in early printing were cut by the goldsmiths, and that Fust's skill, as well as his money, were pressed into Gutenberg's service.
From The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings
Paley from the interpretation of the Medicean MS. and the reading of Robortelli, εΔΙΔεμνας, has conjectured ΔΙΑ δὲ γᾶς ἐμᾶς πεδί᾽ ὁπλοκτύπου, which seems preferable.
From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Theodore Alois Buckley
The learned and excellent M. Van Praet, the guardian of the royal library at Paris, has conjectured that Macabre is derived from the Arabic Magbarah, magbourah, or magabir, all signifying a church-yard.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Francis Douce
The editor has conjectured struck, which, with a minimum of change, gives the sense required.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
So he, with reason, has conjectured it was common, the lowest part belonging to the earth by its weight, and the top parts to Olympus by their lightness.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
