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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;
[syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]


VERB (2)

1. infer from incomplete evidence;

2. imagine to be the case or true or probable;
- Example: "I suspect he is a fugitive"
- Example: "I surmised that the butler did it"
[syn: suspect, surmise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmising.] To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. [1913 Webster] It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surmise \Sur*mise"\ (s[^u]r*m[imac]z"), n. [OF. surmise accusation, fr. surmettre, p. p. surmis, to impose, accuse; sur (see Sur-) + mettre to put, set, L. mittere to send. See Mission.] 1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmises of jealousy or of envy. [1913 Webster] [We] double honor gain From his surmise proved false. --Milton. [1913 Webster] No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surmise n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] v 1: infer from incomplete evidence 2: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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