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Verb: surmise  su(r)'mIz
  1. Infer from incomplete evidence
    "He surmised the truth from the few clues available"
     
  2. Imagine to be the case, true or probable
    "I surmised that the butler did it";
    - suspect
Noun: surmise  su(r)'mIz
  1. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
    "His surmise about the company's future proved to be incorrect";
    - guess, conjecture, supposition, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis

Derived forms: surmised, surmises, surmising

Type of: deduce, deduct [rare], derive, guess, hazard, infer, opinion, pretend, venture, view

Encyclopedia: Surmise