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Antonyms for conjectured

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-jek-cher
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒɛk tʃər


Definition of conjectured

Origin :
  • late 14c., "interpretation of signs and omens," from Old French conjecture "surmise, guess," or directly from Latin coniectura "conclusion, interpretation, guess, inference," literally "a casting together (of facts, etc.)," from coniectus, past participle of conicere "to throw together," from com- "together" (see com-) + iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Sense of "forming of opinion without proof" is 1530s.
  • verb speculate
Example sentences :
  • They adversary, as thou mayest have conjectured, is in league with the powers of darkness.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • That, he conjectured, had been the original accident which had brought her down.
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
  • It is conjectured from this that the supply of khaki is already exhausted.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 » by Various
  • It must be either unfinished by the author or mutilated (as Hearne conjectured).
  • Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman
  • But he again felt troubled as he conjectured what might happen in such event.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • This I conjectured, from its extent and position, to be the Prussian line.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It was on these that he had conjectured the suit which, meanwhile, constituted a nut to crack.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • It has been conjectured that such a separation of the tent is implied in p. 24Gen.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • Pigorini conjectured that it had some religious signification.
  • Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
  • This sort of an explanation just fitted in with what Paul had conjectured.
  • Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren

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