opine
[oh-pahyn]
- to hold or express an opinion.
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Origin of opine
First recorded in 1575–85, opine is from the Latin word opīnārī to think, deem
Synonyms
See more synonyms for opine on Thesaurus.comsay, suggest, allow, guess, imagine.
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Examples from the Web for opines
Contemporary Examples
Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.
“The president should have ordered the hanging of the local chief of security,” she opines.
"You could say it's the blondes and Bethenny versus the brunettes," he opines cheerfully.
Historical Examples
And may we not say that the mind of the one who knows has knowledge, and that the mind of the other, who opines only, has opinion?
The RepublicPlato
And his own way, he opines, must be the right way for every one.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
I opines you takes my word for it that they are just what I says.
Frank Merriwell's TriumphBurt L. Standish
How can a man who opines or affirms, opine or affirm falsely — that is, opine or affirm the thing that is not?
He opines that this lignite is a mere indication of the immense vein of true carbon beneath.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's FollyCharles James Lever
opine
- (when tr, usually takes a clause as object) to hold or express an opinionhe opined that it was all a sad mistake
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin opīnārī
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Word Origin and History for opines
opine
v.
"express an opinion," mid-15c., from Middle French opiner (15c.) and directly from Latin opinari "have an opinion, be of opinion, suppose, conjecture, think, judge," perhaps related to optare "to desire, choose" (see option). Related: Opined; opining.
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