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supposition
, conjecture
, deviner
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Guess
- (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
- (v. t.) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- (n.) An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
- (v. t.) To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
- (v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
- (v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
- (v. t.) To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
Synonyms:
Approximate, Conjecture, Estimate, Gauge, Guessing, Guesswork, Hazard, Hypothesis, Imagine, Infer, Judge, Opine, Reckon, Shot, Speculation, Suppose, Supposition, Surmisal, Surmise, Think, Venture,
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• Guessive
- (a.) Conjectural.
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• Guessing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guess
Synonyms:
Guess, Guesswork, Shot,
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• Guess warp
- () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
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