Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - surmise
Surmise
surmise
n. & v. --n. a conjecture or suspicion about the existence or truth of something. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by that + clause) infer doubtfully; make a surmise about. 2 tr. suspect the existence of. 3 intr. make a guess. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF fem. past part. of surmettre accuse f. LL supermittere supermiss- (as SUPER-, mittere send)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, allegation, charge, from Anglo-French, from feminine of surmis, past participle of surmettre to place on, suppose, accuse, from Medieval Latin supermittere, from Late Latin, to place on, from Latin super+ mittere to let go, send Date: 1569 a thought or idea based on scanty evidence ; conjecture, II. transitive verb (~d; surmising) Etymology: Middle English, to allege, from ~, noun Date: 1700 to form a notion of from scanty evidence ; imagine, infer ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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