surmise

1. n. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy. Source: opted

2. n. Reflection; thought. Source: opted

3. v. t. To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. Source: opted

4. n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Source: wordnet

5. v. infer from incomplete evidence Source: wordnet

6. v. imagine to be the case or true or probable Source: wordnet

7. To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slightgrounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she butsurmised, was true. Dryden.This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of theearth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it.Woodward. Source: adambom

8. n:12/v:88 v. infer from incomplete evidence Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

From the definitions

Explore more