Sekirov Dictionary

surmise

UK /sɜːˈmaɪz/US /sɚˈmaɪz/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
- This opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.
•
Reflection; thought; posit.
- My Thought, whose Murther yet is but fantasticall, / Shakes so my single state of Man, / That Function is smother'd in surmise, / And nothing is, but what is not. — 1606

verb1

•
To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
- If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.

forms

surmised · surmising · surmises

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