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sur·mise

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VERB:
sur·mised, sur·mis·ing, sur·mis·es
VERB:
tr.

To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence.

VERB:
intr.

To make a guess or conjecture.

NOUN:

An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre : sur-, sur- + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere)

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