Complete Definition of "surmise"

English

Etymology
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmettre ("to accuse") from sur- ("upon") + mettre ("to put") from Latin mittere#Latin|mittere'' ("to send").

Pronunciation
Noun:
:*italbrac|RP: IPA|/�s��maɪz/
Verb:
:*italbrac|RP: IPA|/s���maɪz/

Noun
en-noun

  1. thought|Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy.
  2. reflection|Reflection; thought; posit.

Translations
German: Vermutung f, Mutma�ung f

Verb
en-verb|surmis|ing

  1. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

Translations
trans-top|to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises
German: vermuten, mutma�en
trans-mid
Italian: supporre
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