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surmised |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. It wafted nearer yet and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden. 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.
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