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Surmise

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

(2):

(n.) Reflection; thought.

(3):

(v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Surmise'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/surmise.html. 1828.