surmise (n.)

  1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

    [ Syn: guess , conjecture , supposition , surmisal , speculation , hypothesis ]

    surmise (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 ]

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