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(kon-jēkt’yūr, 53), n. [Lat. conjectura, Fr. conjecture, Pr. & O. Sp. conjectura, N. Sp. conjetura, It. coniettura, conghiettura. See CONJECT, v. i.] 1. The formation of an opinion on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. 2. Idea; notion. [Obs.] Shak.
(kon-jĕkt'yūr, 53), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONJECTURED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONJECTURING.] [L. Lat. conjecturare, conjecturari, Fr. conjecturer, It. conghiett(u)rare.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning;
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.
v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess. You may see how our [English] tongue is risen, and thereby conjecture how in time it may alter. Camden.