surmise
verb (used with object)
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
surmiser
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a word derived from
surmise.
Example Sentences
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I'm afraid I choked off the surmiser a bit with my Tolstoyite incredulity.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
There is something here to be looked into—if not by an old surmiser, yet by the young women themselves!
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
