surmise
verb (used with object)
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
unsurmised
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a word derived from
surmise.
Example Sentences
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It does not always follow that the course the father prescribes is the best one in the end, for sometimes a boy develops in unsurmised directions; and this was the case with Amerigo Vespucci.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick Albion Ober
A man passed by a familiar wall one day, and opening a door before unnoticed, found himself in a new world of unsurmised and marvellous experiences.
From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen
And, though he declined to give his reasons for declining, yet by those who best knew him the cause was not wholly unsurmised.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
And they have aroused in his soul exactly what he rejoices in having aroused there, and which but for them might have remained for ever unsurmised.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Sometimes the first impression would yield only a paragraph or a sentence, and once or twice but a splendid and sonorous word, which seemed to Lucian all dim and rich with unsurmised adventure.
From The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
