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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Surmising.]
     To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight
     grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew
           That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This change was not wrought by altering the form or
           position of the earth, as was surmised by a very
           learned man, but by dissolving it.       --Woodward.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surmise \Sur*mise"\, n. [OF. surmise accusation, fr. surmettre,
     p. p. surmis, to impose, accuse; sur (see Sur-) + mettre to
     put, set, L. mittere to send. See Mission.]
     1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon
        feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the
        surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [We] double honor gain
              From his surmise proved false.        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              No man ought to be charged with principles he
              actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict
              his profession; not upon small surmises. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surmise \Sur*mise"\, n. [OF. surmise accusation, fr. surmettre,
     p. p. surmis, to impose, accuse; sur (see Sur-) + mettre to
     put, set, L. mittere to send. See Mission.]
     1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon
        feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the
        surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
  
              [We] double honor gain From his surmise proved
              false.                                --Milton.
  
              No man ought to be charged with principles he
              actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict
              his profession; not upon small surmises. --Swift.
  
     2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Surmising.]
     To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight
     grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
  
           It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what
           before she but surmised, was true.       --Dryden.
  
           This change was not wrought by altering the form or
           position of the earth, as was surmised by a very
           learned man, but by dissolving it.       --Woodward.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  surmise
       n : a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
           [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmisal, speculation,
            hypothesis]
       v 1: infer from incomplete evidence
       2: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is
          a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 εικασία
     2 υπόθεση
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 συμπεραίνω
     2 υποθέτω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     n.
     1 thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble
  or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
     2 reflection; thought; posit.
     vb.
     To imagine or suspect; to conjecture#Verb; to posit with contestable
  premises.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     n.
     1 thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble
  or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
     2 reflection; thought; posit.
     vb.
     To imagine or suspect; to conjecture#Verb; to posit with contestable
  premises.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     n.
     1 thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble
  or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
     2 reflection; thought; posit.
     vb.
     To imagine or suspect; to conjecture#Verb; to posit with contestable
  premises.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     n.
     1 thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble
  or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
     2 reflection; thought; posit.
     vb.
     To imagine or suspect; to conjecture#Verb; to posit with contestable
  premises.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     Englanti n.
     arvelu
     Englanti vb.
     arvella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surmise
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb surmiser)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  meen, vermoë, veronderstel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  التخمين

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surmise //sɚˈmaɪz// //sɜːˈmaɪz// 
  предположение, догадка
  thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  tušit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  Vermutung , Mutmaßung 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surmise //sɚˈmaɪz// //sɜːˈmaɪz// 
  1. ajatus
  Reflection; thought; posit
  2. ennakkoluulo, oletus, otaksuma
  thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surmise //sɚˈmaɪz// //sɜːˈmaɪz// 
  otaksua, olettaa
  to imagine or suspect

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  surmise /səːmaiz/
  1. conjecturer, se douter de, prévoir
  2. supposer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/ 
  1. अंदाज़ा लगाना
        "We can only surmise the reason for his delay."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/ 
  1. अंदाज़ा
        "This is a pure surmise on my part."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  nagađanje, pretpostavka

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  1. feltevés
  2. vélekedés

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  supporre

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  surmise //sɚˈmaɪz// //sɜːˈmaɪz// 
  推測する
  to imagine or suspect

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  surmise /səːmaiz/
  putare

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  surmise /səːmaiz/
  1. gissen, vermoeden
  2. aannemen, menen, stellen, veronderstellen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  surmise /səˈmaɪz/ 
    domyślać się

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  surmise /səːmaiz/
  1. conjeturar, supor
  2. fazerdeconta

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  surmise /səːmaiz/
  asumir, suponer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  surmise //sɚˈmaɪz// //sɜːˈmaɪz// 
  förmoda, gissa
  to imagine or suspect

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  surmise /səmˈaɪz/
  1. zan, kanaat, şüphe
  2. sanmak, zannetmek, tahmin etmek
  3. ipucu çıkarmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/sɝˈmaɪz/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "surmise":
     account as, assume, assumption, axiom, be afraid, believe,
     blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, conclusion,
     conjecture, consider, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, esteem,
     estimate, expect, fancy, feel, feeling, gather, grant, guess,
     guesswork, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression,
     have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, hunch, hypothesis,
     hypothesize, imagine, infer, inference, judge, let, let be,
     look upon as, maintain, notion, opine, perhaps, postulate,
     postulation, postulatum, prefigure, premise, presume, presumption,
     presupposal, presuppose, presupposition, presurmise, pretend,
     proposition, provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute,
     risk assuming, rough guess, say, sense, set down as,
     set of postulates, shot, speculate, speculation, stab, supposal,
     suppose, supposing, supposition, suspect, suspicion, take,
     take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, theorize, theory,
     thesis, think, trow, understand, understanding,
     unverified supposition, venture a guess, view as, ween, wild guess,
     working hypothesis
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 推测;
  v. 推测,臆测;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 推测,猜测
     vt.
     vi. 推测,臆测

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